Preset for the day portion and DateFormat#MEDIUM for the time Returns: a string representation of this date Since: 1.5.7 See Also: DateFormat#getDateInstance(int) DateFormat#SHORTĭateFormat. Invocation of this method (for thread safety). Since: 4.0.5 See Also: Calendarįor an 'en_UK' system locale, this would be dd/MM/yy. Returns: the value for the given field, e.g. Parameters: fields - a collection of Calendar fields, e.g. Support the subscript operator for a Date with a collection of indices. MONTH Returns: the value for the given field, e.g. Parameters: field - a Calendar field, e.g. Support the subscript operator for a Date. Parameters: format - the format pattern to use according to SimpleDateFormat tz - the TimeZone to use Returns: a string representation of this date. public String format( String format, TimeZone tz).Parameters: format - the format pattern to use according to SimpleDateFormat Returns: a string representation of this date. Note that a new DateFormat instance is created for every New Date(0).format('MM/dd/yy') would return the string Parameters: to - another Date to go down to closure - the closure to call Since: 2.2įor example, if the system timezone is GMT, public void downto( Date to, Closure closure)ĭecrementing by one day each time.

Parameters: updates - A Map of Calendar keys and values Returns: The newly created Date Since: 2.2.0 See Also: Calendar#set(int, int) Date#set() Calendar#copyWith() Returns: the Date but with the time portion cleared Since: 1.6.7ĭef oneYearFromNow = pyWith(year: nextYear) It makes sense to compare month/day/year only portions of a Date. Methods inherited from interface java.lang.ObjectĪddShutdownHook, any, any, asBoolean, asType, collect, collect, collect, dump, each, eachMatch, eachMatch, eachWithIndex, every, every, find, find, findAll, findAll, findIndexOf, findIndexOf, findIndexValues, findIndexValues, findLastIndexOf, findLastIndexOf, findResult, findResult, findResult, findResult, getAt, getMetaClass, getMetaPropertyValues, getProperties, grep, grep, hasProperty, identity, inject, inject, inspect, invokeMethod, is, isCase, isNotCase, iterator, metaClass, print, print, printf, printf, println, println, println, putAt, respondsTo, respondsTo, setMetaClass, split, sprintf, sprintf, stream, tap, toString, use, use, use, with, with, withCloseable, withStream, withTraits Methods inherited from class java.lang.Iterates from this date up to the given date, inclusive, Return a given a .Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding Year.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding YearMonth.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding ZonedDateTime. Support the subscript operator for mutating a Date.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding DayOfWeek.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding LocalDate.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding LocalDateTime.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding LocalTime.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding Month.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding MonthDay.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding OffsetDateTime.Ĭonverts the Date to a corresponding OffsetTime. Subtract another Date from this one and return the number of days of the difference.Īdd a number of days to this date and returns the new date. Subtract a number of days from this date and returns the new date. Which will typically be system's default offset. Returns the Time Zone offset of the Date as a ZoneOffset, Returns the Time Zone of the Date as a ZoneId. Return a string representation of the time portion of this dateĪccording to the locale-specific DateFormat#MEDIUM default format. This Date instance, according to the locale-specific format used by Return a string representation of the date and time portion of Return a string representation of the 'day' portion of this dateĪccording to the locale-specific DateFormat#SHORT default format. Iterates from this date down to the given date, inclusive,Ĭreate a String representation of this date according to the given Some fields updated according to a Map of changes. Support creating a new Date having similar properties toĪn existing Date (which remains unaltered) but with

Clears the time portion of this Date instance useful utility where

Groovy date minus minutes