com.vaadin.ui
Class DateField

java.lang.Object
  com.vaadin.server.AbstractClientConnector
      com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent
          com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField<java.util.Date>
              com.vaadin.ui.DateField

All Implemented Interfaces:

Buffered, BufferedValidatable, Property<java.util.Date>, Property.Editor, Property.ReadOnlyStatusChangeListener, Property.ReadOnlyStatusChangeNotifier, Property.ValueChangeListener, Property.ValueChangeNotifier, Property.Viewer, Validatable, Action.ShortcutNotifier, ConnectorEventListener, FieldEvents.BlurNotifier, FieldEvents.FocusNotifier, MethodEventSource, ClientConnector, Sizeable, VariableOwner, com.vaadin.shared.Connector, Component, Component.Focusable, Field<java.util.Date>, LegacyComponent, java.io.Serializable, java.util.EventListener

Direct Known Subclasses:

InlineDateField, PopupDateField

public class DateField
extends AbstractField<java.util.Date>
implements FieldEvents.BlurNotifier, FieldEvents.FocusNotifier, LegacyComponent

A date editor component that can be bound to any Property that is compatible with java.util.Date.

Since DateField extends AbstractField it implements the Bufferedinterface.

A DateField is in write-through mode by default, so com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField#setWriteThrough(boolean)must be called to enable buffering.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Vaadin Ltd.

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class

DateField.UnparsableDateString

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField

AbstractField.FocusShortcut, AbstractField.ReadOnlyStatusChangeEvent

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.ui.Component

Component.ErrorEvent, Component.Event, Component.Focusable, Component.Listener

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.ClientConnector

ClientConnector.AttachEvent, ClientConnector.AttachListener, ClientConnector.ConnectorErrorEvent, ClientConnector.DetachEvent, ClientConnector.DetachListener

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.Sizeable

Sizeable.Unit

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.ui.Field

Field.ValueChangeEvent

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.data.Buffered

Buffered.SourceException

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface com.vaadin.data.Property

Property.Editor, Property.ReadOnlyException, Property.ReadOnlyStatusChangeListener, Property.ReadOnlyStatusChangeNotifier, Property.Transactional<T>, Property.ValueChangeListener, Property.ValueChangeNotifier, Property.Viewer

Field Summary

static com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution	RESOLUTION_DAY Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.DAY
static com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution	RESOLUTION_HOUR Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.HOUR
static com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution	RESOLUTION_MIN Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.MINUTE
static com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution	RESOLUTION_MONTH Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.MONTH
static com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution	RESOLUTION_SEC Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.SECOND
static com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution	RESOLUTION_YEAR Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.YEAR

Fields inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.Sizeable

SIZE_UNDEFINED, UNITS_CM, UNITS_EM, UNITS_EX, UNITS_INCH, UNITS_MM, UNITS_PERCENTAGE, UNITS_PICAS, UNITS_PIXELS, UNITS_POINTS

Constructor Summary

DateField()
Constructs an empty DateField with no caption.

DateField(Property dataSource)
Constructs a new DateField that's bound to the specified Property and has no caption.

DateField(java.lang.String caption)
Constructs an empty DateField with caption.

DateField(java.lang.String caption, java.util.Date value)
Constructs a new DateField with the given caption and initial text contents.

DateField(java.lang.String caption, Property dataSource)
Constructs a new DateField that's bound to the specified Property and has the given caption String.

Method Summary

void	addBlurListener(FieldEvents.BlurListener listener) Adds a BlurListener to the Component which gets fired when a Field loses keyboard focus.
void	addFocusListener(FieldEvents.FocusListener listener) Adds a FocusListener to the Component which gets fired when a Field receives keyboard focus.
void	addListener(FieldEvents.BlurListener listener) Deprecated. As of 7.0, replaced by #addBlurListener(BlurListener)
void	addListener(FieldEvents.FocusListener listener) Deprecated. As of 7.0, replaced by #addFocusListener(FocusListener)
void	changeVariables(java.lang.Object source, java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> variables) Called when one or more variables handled by the implementing class are changed.
java.lang.String	getDateFormat() Returns a format string used to format date value on client side or null if default formatting from Component.getLocale() is used.
java.lang.String	getParseErrorMessage() Return the error message that is shown if the user inputted value can't be parsed into a Date object.
java.util.Date	getRangeEnd() Returns the precise rangeEnd used.
java.util.Date	getRangeStart() Returns the precise rangeStart used.
com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution	getResolution() Gets the resolution.
protected com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.TextualDateFieldState	getState() Returns the shared state bean with information to be sent from the server to the client.
protected com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.TextualDateFieldState	getState(boolean markAsDirty) Returns the shared state for this connector.
java.util.TimeZone	getTimeZone() Gets the time zone used by this field.
java.lang.Class<java.util.Date>	getType() Returns the type of the Field.
protected java.util.Date	handleUnparsableDateString(java.lang.String dateString) This method is called to handle a non-empty date string from the client if the client could not parse it as a Date.
boolean	isLenient() Returns whether date/time interpretation is to be lenient.
boolean	isShowISOWeekNumbers() Checks whether ISO 8601 week numbers are shown in the date selector.
void	paintContent(PaintTarget target) Paints the Paintable into a UIDL stream.
void	removeBlurListener(FieldEvents.BlurListener listener) Removes a BlurListener from the Component.
void	removeFocusListener(FieldEvents.FocusListener listener) Removes a FocusListener from the Component.
void	removeListener(FieldEvents.BlurListener listener) Deprecated. As of 7.0, replaced by #removeBlurListener(BlurListener)
void	removeListener(FieldEvents.FocusListener listener) Deprecated. As of 7.0, replaced by #removeFocusListener(FocusListener)
void	setDateFormat(java.lang.String dateFormat) Sets formatting used by some component implementations.
void	setDateOutOfRangeMessage(java.lang.String dateOutOfRangeMessage) Sets the current error message if the range validation fails.
protected void	setInternalValue(java.util.Date newValue) Sets the internal field value.
void	setLenient(boolean lenient) Specifies whether or not date/time interpretation in component is to be lenient.
void	setParseErrorMessage(java.lang.String parsingErrorMessage) Sets the default error message used if the DateField cannot parse the text input by user to a Date field.
void	setRangeEnd(java.util.Date endDate) Sets the end range for this component.
void	setRangeStart(java.util.Date startDate) Sets the start range for this component.
void	setResolution(com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution resolution) Sets the resolution of the DateField.
void	setShowISOWeekNumbers(boolean showWeekNumbers) Sets the visibility of ISO 8601 week numbers in the date selector.
void	setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone timeZone) Sets the time zone used by this date field.
protected void	setValue(java.util.Date newValue, boolean repaintIsNotNeeded) Sets the value of the field.
protected boolean	shouldHideErrors() Returns true if the error indicator be hidden when painting the component even when there are errors.
void	validate() Validates the current value against registered validators if the field is not empty.

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractField

addListener, addListener, addReadOnlyStatusChangeListener, addValidator, addValueChangeListener, attach, beforeClientResponse, commit, detach, discard, fireReadOnlyStatusChange, fireValueChange, focus, getConversionError, getConversionError, getConvertedValue, getConverter, getCurrentBufferedSourceException, getErrorMessage, getInternalValue, getModelType, getPropertyDataSource, getRequiredError, getTabIndex, getValidators, getValue, isBuffered, isEmpty, isInvalidAllowed, isInvalidCommitted, isModified, isReadOnly, isRequired, isValid, isValidationVisible, readOnlyStatusChange, removeAllValidators, removeListener, removeListener, removeReadOnlyStatusChangeListener, removeValidator, removeValueChangeListener, setBuffered, setConversionError, setConvertedValue, setConverter, setConverter, setCurrentBufferedSourceException, setInvalidAllowed, setInvalidCommitted, setLocale, setPropertyDataSource, setReadOnly, setRequired, setRequiredError, setTabIndex, setValidationVisible, setValue, toString, validate, valueChange

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent

addListener, addShortcutListener, addStyleName, findAncestor, fireComponentErrorEvent, fireComponentEvent, getActionManager, getCaption, getComponentError, getData, getDebugId, getDescription, getHeight, getHeightUnits, getIcon, getId, getLocale, getParent, getPrimaryStyleName, getStyleName, getWidth, getWidthUnits, isConnectorEnabled, isEnabled, isImmediate, isVisible, removeListener, removeShortcutListener, removeStyleName, setCaption, setComponentError, setData, setDebugId, setDescription, setEnabled, setHeight, setHeight, setIcon, setId, setImmediate, setParent, setPrimaryStyleName, setSizeFull, setSizeUndefined, setStyleName, setVisible, setWidth, setWidth

Methods inherited from class com.vaadin.server.AbstractClientConnector

addAttachListener, addDetachListener, addExtension, addListener, addListener, addListener, addMethodInvocationToQueue, createState, encodeState, fireEvent, getAllChildrenIterable, getConnectorId, getErrorHandler, getExtensions, getListeners, getResource, getRpcManager, getRpcProxy, getSession, getStateType, getUI, handleConnectorRequest, hasListeners, isAttached, markAsDirty, markAsDirtyRecursive, registerRpc, registerRpc, removeAttachListener, removeDetachListener, removeExtension, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, removeListener, requestRepaint, requestRepaintAll, retrievePendingRpcCalls, setErrorHandler, setResource

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.ui.LegacyComponent

markAsDirty

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.VariableOwner

isEnabled, isImmediate

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.ui.Component

addListener, addStyleName, attach, getCaption, getDescription, getIcon, getId, getLocale, getParent, getPrimaryStyleName, getStyleName, getUI, isEnabled, isReadOnly, isVisible, removeListener, removeStyleName, setCaption, setEnabled, setIcon, setId, setParent, setPrimaryStyleName, setReadOnly, setStyleName, setVisible

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.ClientConnector

addAttachListener, addDetachListener, beforeClientResponse, detach, encodeState, getErrorHandler, getExtensions, getRpcManager, getStateType, handleConnectorRequest, isAttached, isConnectorEnabled, markAsDirtyRecursive, removeAttachListener, removeDetachListener, removeExtension, requestRepaint, requestRepaintAll, retrievePendingRpcCalls, setErrorHandler

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.shared.Connector

getConnectorId

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.server.Sizeable

getHeight, getHeightUnits, getWidth, getWidthUnits, setHeight, setHeight, setSizeFull, setSizeUndefined, setWidth, setWidth

Methods inherited from interface com.vaadin.event.Action.ShortcutNotifier

addShortcutListener, removeShortcutListener

Field Detail

RESOLUTION_SEC

@Deprecated
public static final com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution RESOLUTION_SEC

Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.SECOND

Resolution identifier: seconds.

RESOLUTION_MIN

@Deprecated
public static final com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution RESOLUTION_MIN

Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.MINUTE

Resolution identifier: minutes.

RESOLUTION_HOUR

@Deprecated
public static final com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution RESOLUTION_HOUR

Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.HOUR

Resolution identifier: hours.

RESOLUTION_DAY

@Deprecated
public static final com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution RESOLUTION_DAY

Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.DAY

Resolution identifier: days.

RESOLUTION_MONTH

@Deprecated
public static final com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution RESOLUTION_MONTH

Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.MONTH

Resolution identifier: months.

RESOLUTION_YEAR

@Deprecated
public static final com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution RESOLUTION_YEAR

Deprecated. As of 7.0, use Resolution.YEAR

Resolution identifier: years.

Constructor Detail

DateField

public DateField()

Constructs an empty DateField with no caption.

DateField

public DateField(java.lang.String caption)

Constructs an empty DateField with caption.

Parameters:

caption - the caption of the datefield.

DateField

public DateField(java.lang.String caption,
                 Property dataSource)

Constructs a new DateField that's bound to the specified Property and has the given caption String.

Parameters:

caption - the caption String for the editor.

dataSource - the Property to be edited with this editor.

DateField

public DateField(Property dataSource)
          throws java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

Constructs a new DateField that's bound to the specified Property and has no caption.

Parameters:

dataSource - the Property to be edited with this editor.

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException

DateField

public DateField(java.lang.String caption,
                 java.util.Date value)

Constructs a new DateField with the given caption and initial text contents. The editor constructed this way will not be bound to a Property unless Property.Viewer.setPropertyDataSource(Property) is called to bind it.

Parameters:

caption - the caption String for the editor.

value - the Date value.

Method Detail

paintContent

public void paintContent(PaintTarget target)
                  throws PaintException

Description copied from interface: LegacyComponent

Paints the Paintable into a UIDL stream. This method creates the UIDL sequence describing it and outputs it to the given UIDL stream.

It is called when the contents of the component should be painted in response to the component first being shown or having been altered so that its visual representation is changed.

Specified by:

paintContent in interface LegacyComponent

Parameters:

target - the target UIDL stream where the component should paint itself to.

Throws:

PaintException - if the paint operation failed.

shouldHideErrors

protected boolean shouldHideErrors()

Description copied from class: AbstractField

Returns true if the error indicator be hidden when painting the component even when there are errors. This is a mostly internal method, but can be overridden in subclasses e.g. if the error indicator should also be shown for empty fields in some cases.

Overrides:

shouldHideErrors in class AbstractField<java.util.Date>

Returns:

true to hide the error indicator, false to use the normal logic to show it when there are errors

getState

protected com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.TextualDateFieldState getState()

Description copied from class: AbstractComponent

Returns the shared state bean with information to be sent from the server to the client. Subclasses should override this method and set any relevant fields of the state returned by super.getState().

Overrides:

getState in class AbstractField<java.util.Date>

Returns:

updated component shared state

getState

protected com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.TextualDateFieldState getState(boolean markAsDirty)

Description copied from class: AbstractClientConnector

Returns the shared state for this connector.

Overrides:

getState in class AbstractField<java.util.Date>

Parameters:

markAsDirty - true if the connector should automatically be marked dirty, false otherwise

Returns:

The shared state for this connector. Never null.

See Also:

AbstractClientConnector.getState()

setRangeStart

public void setRangeStart(java.util.Date startDate)

Sets the start range for this component. If the value is set before this date (taking the resolution into account), the component will not validate. If startDate is set to null, any value before endDate will be accepted by the range

Parameters:

startDate - - the allowed range's start date

setDateOutOfRangeMessage

public void setDateOutOfRangeMessage(java.lang.String dateOutOfRangeMessage)

Sets the current error message if the range validation fails.

Parameters:

dateOutOfRangeMessage - - Localizable message which is shown when value (the date) is set outside allowed range

setRangeEnd

public void setRangeEnd(java.util.Date endDate)

Sets the end range for this component. If the value is set after this date (taking the resolution into account), the component will not validate. If endDate is set to null, any value after startDate will be accepted by the range.

Parameters:

endDate - - the allowed range's end date (inclusive, based on the current resolution)

getRangeStart

public java.util.Date getRangeStart()

Returns the precise rangeStart used.

Parameters:

startDate -

getRangeEnd

public java.util.Date getRangeEnd()

Returns the precise rangeEnd used.

Parameters:

startDate -

changeVariables

public void changeVariables(java.lang.Object source,
                            java.util.Map<java.lang.String,java.lang.Object> variables)

Description copied from interface: VariableOwner

Called when one or more variables handled by the implementing class are changed.

Specified by:

changeVariables in interface VariableOwner

Parameters:

source - the Source of the variable change. This is the origin of the event. For example in Web Adapter this is the request.

variables - the Mapping from variable names to new variable values.

handleUnparsableDateString

protected java.util.Date handleUnparsableDateString(java.lang.String dateString)
                                             throws Converter.ConversionException

This method is called to handle a non-empty date string from the client if the client could not parse it as a Date. By default, a Converter.ConversionException is thrown, and the current value is not modified. This can be overridden to handle conversions, to return null (equivalent to empty input), to throw an exception or to fire an event.

Parameters:

dateString -

Returns:

parsed Date

Throws:

Converter.ConversionException - to keep the old value and indicate an error

getType

public java.lang.Class<java.util.Date> getType()

Description copied from class: AbstractField

Returns the type of the Field. The methods getValue and setValue must be compatible with this type: one must be able to safely cast the value returned from getValue to the given type and pass any variable assignable to this type as an argument to setValue.

Specified by:

getType in interface Property<java.util.Date>

Specified by:

getType in class AbstractField<java.util.Date>

Returns:

the type of the Field

setValue

protected void setValue(java.util.Date newValue,
                        boolean repaintIsNotNeeded)
                 throws Property.ReadOnlyException

Description copied from class: AbstractField

Sets the value of the field.

Overrides:

setValue in class AbstractField<java.util.Date>

Parameters:

newValue - the New value of the field.

repaintIsNotNeeded - True iff caller is sure that repaint is not needed.

Throws:

Property.ReadOnlyException

setInternalValue

protected void setInternalValue(java.util.Date newValue)

Description copied from class: AbstractField

Sets the internal field value. This is purely used by AbstractField to change the internal Field value. It does not trigger valuechange events. It can be overridden by the inheriting classes to update all dependent variables. Subclasses can also override AbstractField.getInternalValue() if necessary.

Overrides:

setInternalValue in class AbstractField<java.util.Date>

Parameters:

newValue - the new value to be set.

getResolution

public com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution getResolution()

Gets the resolution.

Returns:

int

setResolution

public void setResolution(com.vaadin.shared.ui.datefield.Resolution resolution)

Sets the resolution of the DateField. The default resolution is Resolution.DAY since Vaadin 7.0.

Parameters:

resolution - the resolution to set.

setDateFormat

public void setDateFormat(java.lang.String dateFormat)

Sets formatting used by some component implementations. See SimpleDateFormat for format details. By default it is encouraged to used default formatting defined by Locale, but due some JVM bugs it is sometimes necessary to use this method to override formatting. See Vaadin issue #2200.

Parameters:

dateFormat - the dateFormat to set

See Also:

com.vaadin.ui.AbstractComponent#setLocale(Locale))

getDateFormat

public java.lang.String getDateFormat()

Returns a format string used to format date value on client side or null if default formatting from Component.getLocale() is used.

Returns:

the dateFormat

setLenient

public void setLenient(boolean lenient)

Specifies whether or not date/time interpretation in component is to be lenient.

Parameters:

lenient - true if the lenient mode is to be turned on; false if it is to be turned off.

See Also:

Calendar#setLenient(boolean), isLenient()

isLenient

public boolean isLenient()

Returns whether date/time interpretation is to be lenient.

Returns:

true if the interpretation mode of this calendar is lenient; false otherwise.

See Also:

setLenient(boolean)

addFocusListener

public void addFocusListener(FieldEvents.FocusListener listener)

Description copied from interface: FieldEvents.FocusNotifier

Adds a FocusListener to the Component which gets fired when a Field receives keyboard focus.

Specified by:

addFocusListener in interface FieldEvents.FocusNotifier

See Also:

FieldEvents.FocusListener

addListener

@Deprecated
public void addListener(FieldEvents.FocusListener listener)

Deprecated. As of 7.0, replaced by #addFocusListener(FocusListener)

Specified by:

addListener in interface FieldEvents.FocusNotifier

removeFocusListener

public void removeFocusListener(FieldEvents.FocusListener listener)

Description copied from interface: FieldEvents.FocusNotifier

Removes a FocusListener from the Component.

Specified by:

removeFocusListener in interface FieldEvents.FocusNotifier

See Also:

FieldEvents.FocusListener

removeListener

@Deprecated
public void removeListener(FieldEvents.FocusListener listener)

Deprecated. As of 7.0, replaced by #removeFocusListener(FocusListener)

Specified by:

removeListener in interface FieldEvents.FocusNotifier

addBlurListener

public void addBlurListener(FieldEvents.BlurListener listener)

Description copied from interface: FieldEvents.BlurNotifier

Adds a BlurListener to the Component which gets fired when a Field loses keyboard focus.

Specified by:

addBlurListener in interface FieldEvents.BlurNotifier

See Also:

FieldEvents.BlurListener

addListener

@Deprecated
public void addListener(FieldEvents.BlurListener listener)

Deprecated. As of 7.0, replaced by #addBlurListener(BlurListener)

Specified by:

addListener in interface FieldEvents.BlurNotifier

removeBlurListener

public void removeBlurListener(FieldEvents.BlurListener listener)

Description copied from interface: FieldEvents.BlurNotifier

Removes a BlurListener from the Component.

Specified by:

removeBlurListener in interface FieldEvents.BlurNotifier

See Also:

FieldEvents.BlurListener

removeListener

@Deprecated
public void removeListener(FieldEvents.BlurListener listener)

Deprecated. As of 7.0, replaced by #removeBlurListener(BlurListener)

Specified by:

removeListener in interface FieldEvents.BlurNotifier

isShowISOWeekNumbers

public boolean isShowISOWeekNumbers()

Checks whether ISO 8601 week numbers are shown in the date selector.

Returns:

true if week numbers are shown, false otherwise.

setShowISOWeekNumbers

public void setShowISOWeekNumbers(boolean showWeekNumbers)

Sets the visibility of ISO 8601 week numbers in the date selector. ISO 8601 defines that a week always starts with a Monday so the week numbers are only shown if this is the case.

Parameters:

showWeekNumbers - true if week numbers should be shown, false otherwise.

validate

public void validate()
              throws Validator.InvalidValueException

Validates the current value against registered validators if the field is not empty. Note that DateField is considered empty (value == null) and invalid if it contains text typed in by the user that couldn't be parsed into a Date value.

Specified by:

validate in interface Validatable

Overrides:

validate in class AbstractField<java.util.Date>

Throws:

Validator.InvalidValueException - if the value is not valid

See Also:

AbstractField.validate()

getParseErrorMessage

public java.lang.String getParseErrorMessage()

Return the error message that is shown if the user inputted value can't be parsed into a Date object. If handleUnparsableDateString(String) is overridden and it throws a custom exception, the message returned by Throwable.getLocalizedMessage() will be used instead of the value returned by this method.

Returns:

the error message that the DateField uses when it can't parse the textual input from user to a Date object

See Also:

setParseErrorMessage(String)

setParseErrorMessage

public void setParseErrorMessage(java.lang.String parsingErrorMessage)

Sets the default error message used if the DateField cannot parse the text input by user to a Date field. Note that if the handleUnparsableDateString(String) method is overridden, the localized message from its exception is used.

Parameters:

parsingErrorMessage -

See Also:

getParseErrorMessage(), handleUnparsableDateString(String)

setTimeZone

public void setTimeZone(java.util.TimeZone timeZone)

Sets the time zone used by this date field. The time zone is used to convert the absolute time in a Date object to a logical time displayed in the selector and to convert the select time back to a Date object. If no time zone has been set, the current default time zone returned by TimeZone.getDefault() is used.

Parameters:

timeZone - the time zone to use for time calculations.

See Also:

getTimeZone()

getTimeZone

public java.util.TimeZone getTimeZone()

Gets the time zone used by this field. The time zone is used to convert the absolute time in a Date object to a logical time displayed in the selector and to convert the select time back to a Date object. If null is returned, the current default time zone returned by TimeZone.getDefault() is used.

Returns:

the current time zone