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/* ========================================================================
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* JCommon : a free general purpose class library for the Java(tm) platform
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* ========================================================================
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* (C) Copyright 2000-2005, by Object Refinery Limited and Contributors.
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* Project Info: http://www.jfree.org/jcommon/index.html
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* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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* under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
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* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
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* (at your option) any later version.
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* This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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* WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
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* or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License for more details.
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* You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
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* License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301,
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* [Java is a trademark or registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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* in the United States and other countries.]
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* (C) Copyright 2002, 2003, by Object Refinery Limited.
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* Original Author: David Gilbert (for Object Refinery Limited);
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* $Id: DateUtilities.java,v 1.3 2005/10/18 13:15:08 mungady Exp $
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* 11-Oct-2002 : Version 1 (DG);
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* 03-Apr-2003 : Added clear() method call (DG)
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package org.jfree.date;
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import java.util.Calendar;
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import java.util.Date;
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* Some useful date methods.
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* @author David Gilbert.
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public class DateUtilities {
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* Private constructor to prevent object creation.
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private DateUtilities() {
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/** A working calendar. */
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private static final Calendar CALENDAR = Calendar.getInstance();
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* @param yyyy the year.
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* @param month the month (1 - 12).
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public static synchronized Date createDate(final int yyyy, final int month, final int day) {
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CALENDAR.set(yyyy, month - 1, day);
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return CALENDAR.getTime();
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* @param yyyy the year.
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* @param month the month (1 - 12).
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* @param hour the hour.
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* @param min the minute.
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public static synchronized Date createDate(final int yyyy, final int month, final int day, final int hour, final int min) {
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CALENDAR.set(yyyy, month - 1, day, hour, min);
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return CALENDAR.getTime();