DateTime (BaseX Core 10.6 API)

java.lang.Object
- org.basex.util.DateTime

```
public final class DateTime
extends Object
```
This class contains static, thread-safe methods for parsing and formatting dates and times.

Author:

BaseX Team 2005-23, BSD License, Christian Gruen

Field Summary

Fields
Modifier and Type	Field	Description
`static SimpleDateFormat`	`DATE`	Date format.
`static SimpleDateFormat`	`DATETIME`	Date format without milliseconds and timestamp (uses UTC time zone).
`static SimpleDateFormat`	`FULL`	Full date format.
`static SimpleDateFormat`	`TIME`	Time format.
`static SimpleDateFormat`	`ZONE`	Time zone.

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Concrete Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static String`	`format(Date date)`	Creates a full string representation for the specified date.
`static String`	`format(Date date, DateFormat format)`	Creates a string representation for a date in the specified format.
`static Date`	`parse(String date)`	Parses a string and produces a date object.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

- Field Detail
  - DATETIME
```
public static final SimpleDateFormat DATETIME
```
    Date format without milliseconds and timestamp (uses UTC time zone).
  - FULL
```
public static final SimpleDateFormat FULL
```
    Full date format.
  - DATE
```
public static final SimpleDateFormat DATE
```
    Date format.
  - TIME
```
public static final SimpleDateFormat TIME
```
    Time format.
  - ZONE
```
public static final SimpleDateFormat ZONE
```
    Time zone.
- Method Detail
  - parse
```
public static Date parse(String date)
```
    Parses a string and produces a date object. Returns the standard base time if it cannot be converted.
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - string representing a date
    
    Returns:
    
    parsed date
  - format
```
public static String format(Date date)
```
    Creates a full string representation for the specified date.
    
    Parameters:
    
    date - date
    
    Returns:
    
    string with the formatted date
  - format
```
public static String format(Date date,
                            DateFormat format)
```
    Creates a string representation for a date in the specified format.
    
    Parameters:
    
    format - date format
    
    date - date
    
    Returns:
    
    string with the formatted date