Changeset 214 for trunk/grails-app/services/DateUtilService.groovy

Timestamp:

Dec 4, 2009, 1:13:08 AM (15 years ago)

Author:

gav

Message:

Clicking on a searchCalendar day allows user to create a task with that day preset as targetStartDate.

File:

• trunk/grails-app/services/DateUtilService.groovy (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/grails-app/services/DateUtilService.groovy

@@ -76 +76 @@
     }
 
+    /**
+    * Make a date object from supplied year, month, day values.
+    * The Calendar.getInstance() or Calendar.instance factory returns a new calendar instance, usually
+    * a Gregorian calendar but using Calendar we don't have to worry about those details.
+    * The time fields are set to zero and cal.getTime() or cal.time returns a java.util.Date object.
+    * @param year The year as a string or integer.
+    * @param month The month as a string or integer.
+    * @param day The day as a string or integer.
+    * @returns A Date object having the given date and all time fields set to 0, so the very start of the given day.
+    */
+    public static Date makeDate(year, month, day) {
+        Calendar cal = Calendar.instance
+        cal.clear()
+        // Stupid month is 0-based, grumble.
+        cal.set(year.toInteger(), month.toInteger()-1, day.toInteger())
+        cal.time
+    }
+
 }