Date methods in groovy
Posted By : Varun Sharma | 14-Apr-2014
There are certain situations where we need to have some functions to be performed on Date objects, groovy provides you some excellent methods for various operations.
- upto: This method allows you to iterate from given date to the current date just by incrementing the value by one.
- downto: This method allows you to iterate from current date/given date to the other date just by decrementing the value by one.
Date previousDate = new Date()
Date currentDate = new Date()
previousDate.upto(currentDate) { it ->
it-> represents date object.
}
currentDate.downto(previousDate) { it ->
it-> represents date object.
}
- minus: Subtract number of days from given date & will return you new date.
- plus: Add number of dayes to date object & it will give you new date.
// minus def today = new Date() def yesterday = today - 1 // plus def today = new Date() def tomorrow = today + 1
- previous: After applying on any date object gives you previous date.
- next: After applying on any date object gives you a next date.
// previous() Date today = new Date() Date yesterday = today.previous() // next() Date today = new Date() Date tomorrow = today.next()
- toCalendar: This method converts a Date object to Calendar object.
def dateObject = new Date() def calendarObject = today.toCalendar()
>Hope it helps !
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Varun Sharma
Varun is an experienced Groovy and Grails developer and has worked extensively on designing and developing applications with FaceBook , Linkedin and Twitter integrations using Grails technologies. Varun loves painting and photography.