class

DateTime

@Serializable { simple=true }
const class DateTime : Obj

DateTime represents an absolute instance in time. Fantom time is normalized as nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC with a supported range of 1901 to 2099. Fantom time does not support leap seconds (same as Java and UNIX). An instance of DateTime also models the date and time of an absolute instance against a specific TimeZone.

Also see docLang.

constructors fromStr

Parse the string into a DateTime from the programmatic encoding defined by toStr

make

Make for the specified date and time values

fields defVal

Default value is "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z UTC"

methods date

Get the date component of this timestamp

minus

Subtract a duration to compute a new time

compare

Compare based on nanosecond ticks

weekOfYear

Return the week number of the year as a number between 1 and 53 using the given weekday as the start of the week (defaults to current locale)

weekdayInMonth

This method computes the day of month (1-31) for a given weekday

dst

Return if this time is within daylight savings time for its associated time zone

minusDateTime

Return the delta between this and the given time

dayOfYear

Return the day of the year as a number between 1 and 365 (or 1 to 366 if a leap year)

fromLocale

Parse a string into a DateTime using the given pattern

year

Get the year as a number such as 2007

tz

Get the time zone associated with this date time

nanoSec

Get the number of nanoseconds (the fraction of seconds) as a number between 0 and 999,999,999

toRel

Convenience for toTimeZone(TimeZone.rel)

weekday

Get the day of the week for this time

toTimeZone

Convert this DateTime to the specific timezone

toJava

Get this date in Java milliseconds since the epoch of 1 Jan 1970

hoursInDay

Return the number of hours for this date and this timezone

sec

Get the whole seconds of the time as a number between 0 and 59

min

Get the minutes of the time as a number between 0 and 59

hour

Get the hour of the time as a number between 0 and 23

fromHttpStr

Parse an HTTP date according to the RFC 2616 section 3.3.1

now

Return the current time using TimeZone.cur

boot

Get the boot time of the Fantom VM with TimeZone.cur

floor

Return a new DateTime with this time's nanosecond ticks truncated according to the specified accuracy

nowUnique

Return the current time as nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC, but with the guarantee that every call returns a unique value for the lifetime of this VM

toIso

Format this instance according to ISO 8601 using the pattern

day

Get the day of the month as a number between 1 and 31

tzAbbr

Get the time zone's abbreviation for this time

toHttpStr

Format this time for use in an MIME or HTTP message according to RFC 2616 using the RFC 1123 format

toStr

Return programmatic string encoding formatted as follows

midnight

Return a DateTime for the beginning of the current day at midnight

toLocale

Format this time according to the specified pattern

ticks

Return number of nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC

nowUtc

Return the current time using TimeZone.utc

toCode

Get this DateTime as a Fantom expression suitable for code generation

fromJava

Create date for Java milliseconds since the epoch of 1 Jan 1970 using the specified timezone (defaults to current)

fromIso

Parse an ISO 8601 timestamp

isLeapYear

Return if the specified year is a leap year

plus

Add a duration to compute a new time

isMidnight

Return if the time portion is "00:00:00"

makeTicks

Make for nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC

month

Get the month of this date

nowTicks

Return the current time as nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC

equals

Two times are equal if they have identical nanosecond ticks

time

Get the time component of this timestamp

hash

Return nanosecond ticks for the hashcode

toUtc

Convenience for toTimeZone(TimeZone.utc)

boot static DateTime boot()

Get the boot time of the Fantom VM with TimeZone.cur

compare virtual Int compare(Obj obj)

Compare based on nanosecond ticks.

date Date date()

Get the date component of this timestamp.

day Int day()

Get the day of the month as a number between 1 and 31.

dayOfYear Int dayOfYear()

Return the day of the year as a number between 1 and 365 (or 1 to 366 if a leap year).

defVal const static DateTime : defVal

Default value is "2000-01-01T00:00:00Z UTC".

dst Bool dst()

Return if this time is within daylight savings time for its associated time zone.

equals virtual Bool equals(Obj? that)

Two times are equal if they have identical nanosecond ticks.

floor DateTime floor(Duration accuracy)

Return a new DateTime with this time's nanosecond ticks truncated according to the specified accuracy. For example floor(1min) will truncate this time to the minute such that seconds are 0.0. This method is strictly based on absolute ticks, it does not take into account wall-time rollovers.

fromHttpStr static DateTime? fromHttpStr(Str s, Bool checked)

Parse an HTTP date according to the RFC 2616 section 3.3.1. If invalid format and checked is false return null, otherwise throw ParseErr. The following date formats are supported:

Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT  ; RFC 822, updated by RFC 1123
Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT ; RFC 850, obsoleted by RFC 1036
Sun Nov  6 08:49:37 1994       ; ANSI C's asctime() format

fromIso static DateTime? fromIso(Str s, Bool checked)

Parse an ISO 8601 timestamp. If invalid format and checked is false return null, otherwise throw ParseErr. The following formats are supported:

YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ss[.FFFFFFFFF]
YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ss[.FFFFFFFFF]+HH:MM
YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ss[.FFFFFFFFF]-HH:MM

If a timezone offset is specified, then one of the predefined "Etc/GMT+x" timezones are used for the result:

DateTime("2009-01-15T12:00:00Z")       =>  2009-01-15T12:00:00Z UTC
DateTime("2009-01-15T12:00:00-05:00")  =>  2009-01-15T12:00:00-05:00 GMT+5

Also see toIso, fromStr, and fromHttpStr.

fromJava static DateTime? fromJava(Int millis, TimeZone tz, Bool negIsNull)

Create date for Java milliseconds since the epoch of 1 Jan 1970 using the specified timezone (defaults to current). If millis are less than or equal to zero then return null or a date before 1970 depending on the negIsNull flag.

fromLocale static DateTime? fromLocale(Str str, Str pattern, TimeZone tz, Bool checked)

Parse a string into a DateTime using the given pattern. If string is not a valid format then return null or raise ParseErr based on checked flag. See toLocale for pattern syntax.

The timezone is inferred from the zone pattern, or else the given tz parameter is used for the timezone. The z pattern will match "hh:mm", "hhmm", or "hh". If only a zone offset is available and it doesn't match the expected tz parameter, then use a "GMT+/-" timezone. Note that if offset is a fractional hour such as GMT-3:30, then result will have ticks, but its tz will be floored hour based GMT timezone such as GMT-3.

fromStr static new fromStr(Str s, Bool checked)

Parse the string into a DateTime from the programmatic encoding defined by toStr. If the string cannot be parsed into a valid DateTime and checked is false then return null, otherwise throw ParseErr. Also see fromIso and fromHttpStr.

hash virtual Int hash()

Return nanosecond ticks for the hashcode.

hour Int hour()

Get the hour of the time as a number between 0 and 23.

hoursInDay Int hoursInDay()

Return the number of hours for this date and this timezone. Days which transition to DST will be 23 hours and days which transition back to standard time will be 25 hours. Note there is one timezone "Lord_Howe" which has a 30min offset which is not handled by this method (WTF).

isLeapYear static Bool isLeapYear(Int year)

Return if the specified year is a leap year.

isMidnight Bool isMidnight()

Return if the time portion is "00:00:00".

make static new make(Int year, Month month, Int day, Int hour, Int min, Int sec, Int ns, TimeZone tz)

Make for the specified date and time values:

  • year: 1901-2099
  • month: Month enumeration
  • day: 1-31
  • hour: 0-23
  • min: 0-59
  • sec: 0-59
  • ns: 0-999_999_999
  • tz: time zone used to map date/time to ns ticks

Throw ArgErr if any of the parameters are out of range.

makeTicks static DateTime makeTicks(Int ticks, TimeZone tz)

Make for nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC. Throw ArgErr if ticks represent a year out of the range 1901 to 2099.

midnight DateTime midnight()

Return a DateTime for the beginning of the current day at midnight.

min Int min()

Get the minutes of the time as a number between 0 and 59.

minus @Operator
DateTime minus(Duration duration)

Subtract a duration to compute a new time. This method works off absolute time, so subtracting 1days means to subtract 24 hours from the ticks. This might be a different time of day if on a DST boundry. Use Date.minus for daily increments.

Example:

prevHour := DateTime.now - 1hr

minusDateTime @Operator
Duration minusDateTime(DateTime time)

Return the delta between this and the given time.

Example:

elapsed := DateTime.now - startTime

month Month month()

Get the month of this date.

nanoSec Int nanoSec()

Get the number of nanoseconds (the fraction of seconds) as a number between 0 and 999,999,999.

now static DateTime now(Duration? tolerance)

Return the current time using TimeZone.cur. The tolerance parameter specifies that you are willing to use a cached DateTime instance as long as (now - cached <= tolerance). If tolerance is null, then this method always creates a new DateTime instance. Using tolerance can increase performance and save memory. The tolerance default is 250ms.

If you are using time to calculate relative time periods, then use Duration.now instead. Duration is more efficient and won't cause you grief when the system clock is modified.

nowTicks static Int nowTicks()

Return the current time as nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC.

nowUnique static Int nowUnique()

Return the current time as nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC, but with the guarantee that every call returns a unique value for the lifetime of this VM. Since most platforms don't actually support nanosecond resolution, the unused nanoseconds are used as a counter to ensure uniqueness. However, bursts of calls may result in a drift from the actual system time. For example, if the platform's clock supports millisecond resolution, then calling this method more than one million times within a millisecond will introduce a millisecond drift (1,000,000ns in a ms).

nowUtc static DateTime nowUtc(Duration? tolerance)

Return the current time using TimeZone.utc. See now for a description of the tolerance parameter.

plus @Operator
DateTime plus(Duration duration)

Add a duration to compute a new time. This method works off absolute time, so adding 1days means to add 24 hours to the ticks. This might be a different time of day if on a DST boundry. Use Date.plus for daily increments.

Example:

nextHour := DateTime.now + 1hr

sec Int sec()

Get the whole seconds of the time as a number between 0 and 59.

ticks Int ticks()

Return number of nanosecond ticks since 1 Jan 2000 UTC. Dates before this epoch will return a negative integer.

time Time time()

Get the time component of this timestamp.

toCode Str toCode()

Get this DateTime as a Fantom expression suitable for code generation.

toHttpStr Str toHttpStr()

Format this time for use in an MIME or HTTP message according to RFC 2616 using the RFC 1123 format:

Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT

toIso Str toIso()

Format this instance according to ISO 8601 using the pattern:

YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ss.FFFz

Also see fromIso, toStr, and toHttpStr.

toJava Int toJava()

Get this date in Java milliseconds since the epoch of 1 Jan 1970.

toLocale Str toLocale(Str? pattern, Locale locale)

Format this time according to the specified pattern. If pattern is null, then a localized default is used. Any ASCII letter in the pattern is interpreted as follows:

YY     Two digit year             07
YYYY   Four digit year            2007
M      One/two digit month        6, 11
MM     Two digit month            06, 11
MMM    Three letter abbr month    Jun, Nov
MMMM   Full month                 June, November
D      One/two digit day          5, 28
DD     Two digit day              05, 28
DDD    Day with suffix            1st, 2nd, 3rd, 24th
WWW    Three letter abbr weekday  Tue
WWWW   Full weekday               Tuesday
Q      Quarter number             3
QQQ    Quarter with suffix        3rd
QQQQ   Quarter spelled out        3rd Quarter
V      One/two digit week of year 1,52
VV     Two digit week of year     01,52
VVV    Week of year with suffix   1st,52nd
h      One digit 24 hour (0-23)   3, 22
hh     Two digit 24 hour (0-23)   03, 22
k      One digit 12 hour (1-12)   3, 11
kk     Two digit 12 hour (1-12)   03, 11
m      One digit minutes (0-59)   4, 45
mm     Two digit minutes (0-59)   04, 45
s      One digit seconds (0-59)   4, 45
ss     Two digit seconds (0-59)   04, 45
SS     Optional seconds (only if non-zero)
f*     Fractional secs trailing zeros
F*     Fractional secs no trailing zeros
a      Lower case a/p for am/pm   a, p
aa     Lower case am/pm           am, pm
A      Upper case A/P for am/pm   A, P
AA     Upper case AM/PM           AM, PM
z      Time zone offset           Z, +03:00 (ISO 8601, XML Schema)
zzz    Time zone abbr             EST, EDT
zzzz   Time zone name             New_York
'xyz'  Literal characters
''     Single quote literal

A symbol immediately preceding a "F" pattern with no fraction to print is skipped.

Examples:

YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ss.FFFz  =>  2009-01-16T09:57:35.097-05:00
DD MMM YYYY                 =>  06 Jan 2009
DD/MMM/YY                   =>  06/Jan/09
MMMM D, YYYY                =>  January 16, 2009
hh:mm:ss.fff zzzz           =>  09:58:54.845 New_York
k:mma                       =>  9:58a
k:mmAA                      =>  9:58AM

toRel DateTime toRel()

Convenience for toTimeZone(TimeZone.rel). See docLang.

toStr virtual Str toStr()

Return programmatic string encoding formatted as follows:

"YYYY-MM-DD'T'hh:mm:ss.FFFFFFFFFz zzzz"

See toLocale for the pattern legend. The base of the string encoding conforms to ISO 8601 and XML Schema Part 2. The Fantom format also appends the timezone name to avoid the ambiguities associated with interpreting the time zone offset. Also see toIso and toHttpStr.

Examples:

"2000-04-03T00:00:00.123Z UTC"
"2006-10-31T01:02:03-05:00 New_York"
"2009-03-10T11:33:20Z London"
"2009-03-01T12:00:00+01:00 Amsterdam"

toTimeZone DateTime toTimeZone(TimeZone tz)

Convert this DateTime to the specific timezone. The absolute point time as ticks remains the same, but the date and time fields will be converted to represent the new time zone. However if converting to or from TimeZone.rel then the resulting DateTime has the same day and time. Also see toUtc and toRel.

Example:

dt := DateTime("2010-06-03T10:30:00-04:00 New_York")
dt.toUtc  =>  2010-06-03T14:30:00Z UTC
dt.toRel  =>  2010-06-03T10:30:00Z Rel

toUtc DateTime toUtc()

Convenience for toTimeZone(TimeZone.utc).

tz TimeZone tz()

Get the time zone associated with this date time.

tzAbbr Str tzAbbr()

Get the time zone's abbreviation for this time. See TimeZone.stdAbbr and TimeZone.dstAbbr.

weekOfYear Int weekOfYear(Weekday startOfWeek)

Return the week number of the year as a number between 1 and 53 using the given weekday as the start of the week (defaults to current locale).

weekday Weekday weekday()

Get the day of the week for this time.

weekdayInMonth static Int weekdayInMonth(Int year, Month mon, Weekday weekday, Int pos)

This method computes the day of month (1-31) for a given weekday. The pos parameter specifies the first, second, third, or fourth occurence of the weekday. A negative pos is used to compute the last (or second to last, etc) weekday in the month.

Examples:

// compute the second monday in Apr 2007
weekdayInMonth(2007, Month.apr, Weekday.mon, 2)

// compute the last sunday in Oct 2007
weekdayInMonth(2007, Month.oct, Weekday.sun, -1)

year Int year()

Get the year as a number such as 2007.

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