Class GregorianChronology

  • All Implemented Interfaces:
    java.io.Serializable

    public final class GregorianChronology
    extends AssembledChronology
    Implements a pure proleptic Gregorian calendar system, which defines every fourth year as leap, unless the year is divisible by 100 and not by 400. This improves upon the Julian calendar leap year rule.

    Although the Gregorian calendar did not exist before 1582 CE, this chronology assumes it did, thus it is proleptic. This implementation also fixes the start of the year at January 1, and defines the year zero.

    GregorianChronology is thread-safe and immutable.

    Since:
    1.0
    See Also:
    Wikipedia, JulianChronology, GJChronology, Serialized Form
    • Method Detail

      • getInstanceUTC

        public static GregorianChronology getInstanceUTC()
        Gets an instance of the GregorianChronology. The time zone of the returned instance is UTC.
        Returns:
        a singleton UTC instance of the chronology
      • getInstance

        public static GregorianChronology getInstance()
        Gets an instance of the GregorianChronology in the default time zone.
        Returns:
        a chronology in the default time zone
      • getInstance

        public static GregorianChronology getInstance​(DateTimeZone zone)
        Gets an instance of the GregorianChronology in the given time zone.
        Parameters:
        zone - the time zone to get the chronology in, null is default
        Returns:
        a chronology in the specified time zone
      • getInstance

        public static GregorianChronology getInstance​(DateTimeZone zone,
                                                      int minDaysInFirstWeek)
        Gets an instance of the GregorianChronology in the given time zone.
        Parameters:
        zone - the time zone to get the chronology in, null is default
        minDaysInFirstWeek - minimum number of days in first week of the year; default is 4
        Returns:
        a chronology in the specified time zone
      • withUTC

        public Chronology withUTC()
        Gets the Chronology in the UTC time zone.
        Specified by:
        withUTC in class BaseChronology
        Returns:
        the chronology in UTC
      • getZone

        public DateTimeZone getZone()
        Description copied from class: BaseChronology
        Returns the DateTimeZone that this Chronology operates in, or null if unspecified.
        Overrides:
        getZone in class AssembledChronology
        Returns:
        DateTimeZone null if unspecified
      • getDateTimeMillis

        public long getDateTimeMillis​(int year,
                                      int monthOfYear,
                                      int dayOfMonth,
                                      int millisOfDay)
                               throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        Description copied from class: BaseChronology
        Returns a datetime millisecond instant, formed from the given year, month, day, and millisecond values. The set of given values must refer to a valid datetime, or else an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

        The default implementation calls upon separate DateTimeFields to determine the result. Subclasses are encouraged to provide a more efficient implementation.

        Overrides:
        getDateTimeMillis in class AssembledChronology
        Parameters:
        year - year to use
        monthOfYear - month to use
        dayOfMonth - day of month to use
        millisOfDay - millisecond to use
        Returns:
        millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the values are invalid
      • getDateTimeMillis

        public long getDateTimeMillis​(int year,
                                      int monthOfYear,
                                      int dayOfMonth,
                                      int hourOfDay,
                                      int minuteOfHour,
                                      int secondOfMinute,
                                      int millisOfSecond)
                               throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
        Description copied from class: BaseChronology
        Returns a datetime millisecond instant, formed from the given year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond values. The set of given values must refer to a valid datetime, or else an IllegalArgumentException is thrown.

        The default implementation calls upon separate DateTimeFields to determine the result. Subclasses are encouraged to provide a more efficient implementation.

        Overrides:
        getDateTimeMillis in class AssembledChronology
        Parameters:
        year - year to use
        monthOfYear - month to use
        dayOfMonth - day of month to use
        hourOfDay - hour to use
        minuteOfHour - minute to use
        secondOfMinute - second to use
        millisOfSecond - millisecond to use
        Returns:
        millisecond instant from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
        Throws:
        java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if the values are invalid
      • getMinimumDaysInFirstWeek

        public int getMinimumDaysInFirstWeek()
      • equals

        public boolean equals​(java.lang.Object obj)
        Checks if this chronology instance equals another.
        Overrides:
        equals in class java.lang.Object
        Parameters:
        obj - the object to compare to
        Returns:
        true if equal
        Since:
        1.6
      • hashCode

        public int hashCode()
        A suitable hash code for the chronology.
        Overrides:
        hashCode in class java.lang.Object
        Returns:
        the hash code
        Since:
        1.6
      • toString

        public java.lang.String toString()
        Gets a debugging toString.
        Specified by:
        toString in class BaseChronology
        Returns:
        a debugging string