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#title( 'DateTool' )
<p>
#set( $demo = $text.demo )
$demo.thisPage.insert("#doclink( 'DateTool' true )") and its subclass, the 
#doclink( 'ComparisonDateTool' true ).  As the DateTool
is quite full-featured and provides many similar functions with varying and
strongly-typed options, not all functions are demonstrated below.  See the javadoc
for a full listing of available functions.
</p>

#demoTableStart()

#set( $quote = '' )
#set( $desc = 'Converts the specified object to a date and formats it according to the pattern or style returned by $date.format.' )
#demo1( 'date' 'format' 4 $desc)

#set( $desc = 'Converts the specified object to a date and formats it according to the specified date format.' )
#demo2( 'date' 'format' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns the value of $date.date as a string formatted according to the specified date format.' )
#demo1( 'date' 'get' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns a formatted string representing the date and/or time given by $date.date in the specified date and time styles.' )
#demo2( 'date' 'get' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns the day (of the month) value of the date returned by $date.calendar' )
#demo( 'date' 'day' $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns the day (of the month) value for the specified date.' )
#demo1( 'date' 'getDay' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns the month value of the date returned by $date.calendar.' )
#demo( 'date' 'month' $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns the month value of the specified date.' )
#demo1( 'date' 'getMonth' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns the year value of the date returned by $date.calendar.' )
#demo( 'date' 'year' $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns the year value of the specified date.' )
#demo1( 'date' 'getYear' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Return the specified value of the date returned by $date.calendar or null if the field is invalid.' )
#demo1( 'date' 'getValue' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns the specified value of the specified date, or null if the field or date is invalid.' )
#demo2( 'date' 'getValue' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Returns a Date derived from the result of $date.calendar' )
#demo( 'date' 'date' $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Return the pattern or style to be used for formatting dates when none is specified.' )
#demo( 'date' 'format' $desc )

#set( $desc = 'This returns the default Locale configured for this instance.' )
#demo( 'date' 'locale' $desc )

#set( $desc = 'This returns the id of the default TimeZone configured for this instance.' )
#demo( 'date' 'timeZone.ID' $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Gets the Date at the time this page was rendered for the system running this application.' )
#demo( 'date' 'systemDate' $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Converts an object to an instance of Calendar using the locale returned by $date.locale if necessary.' )
#demo1( 'date' 'toCalendar' 4 $desc )

#set( $desc = 'Converts an object to an instance of Date using the format returned by $date.format,the Locale returned by $date.locale, and the TimeZone returned by $date.timeZone if the object is not already an instance of Date, Calendar, or Long.' )
#demo1( 'date' 'toDate' 4 $desc )
          
#set( $desc = 'Converts an object to an instance of Date using the specified format,the Locale returned by $date.locale, and the TimeZone returned by $date.timeZone if the object is not already an instance of Date, Calendar, or Long.' )
#demo2( 'date' 'toDate' 4 $desc )

#demoCustom( 'date' )
</table>
<br>
<p>
Here are a few demos of the functions provided by the
#doclink( 'ComparisonDateTool' true ) class that are not in the standard
DateTool.
</p>

#demoTableStart()

#set( $desc = "This returns a #doclink( 'ComparisonDateTool.Comparison' true ) between the result of ${esc.d}date.calendar and the specified date.  The default rendering of that Comparison will be the largest unit difference between the dates followed by a description of their relative position." )
#demo1( 'date' 'whenIs' 6 $desc )

#set( $desc = "This returns a #doclink( 'ComparisonDateTool.Comparison' true ) between the second specified date and the first specified date.  The default rendering of that Comparison will be the largest unit difference between the dates followed by a description of their relative position." )
#demo2( 'date' 'whenIs' 6 $desc )

#set( $desc = "This returns a #doclink( 'ComparisonDateTool.Comparison' true ) between the second specified date and the first specified date.  The default rendering of that Comparison will be the largest unit difference between the dates." )
#demo2( 'date' 'difference' 6 $desc )

#demoCustom( "date.whenIs('2005-07-04').depth(3)" )
</table>

<div align="center">
  <a name="fullDemo"><h3>$demo.mainExampleHeader</h3></a>
<form method="post" action="$link.self.anchor('fullDemo')">
<textarea name="demo" rows="16" cols="65">##
#if( $params.demo )##
$params.demo##
#else##
${esc.h}${esc.h} Examples of formatting the "current" date:
 ${esc.d}date
 ${esc.d}date.long
 ${esc.d}date.medium_time
 ${esc.d}date.full_date
 ${esc.d}date.yyyy
 ${esc.d}date.get('default','short')
 ${esc.d}date.get('yyyy-M-d H:m:s')

${esc.h}${esc.h} Examples of comparing dates:
 ${esc.d}date.whenIs('2005-07-04')
 ${esc.d}date.whenIs('2005-07-04').full
 ${esc.d}date.whenIs('2005-02-15').days
 ${esc.d}date.whenIs(${esc.d}date)
 ${esc.d}date.whenIs('2005-07-04', '2005-07-04')
 ${esc.d}date.difference('2005-07-04', '2005-07-04')
 ${esc.d}date.difference('2005-07-04', '2007-02-15').abbr##
#end##
</textarea>
  <br>
  <input type="submit" value="$demo.try">
  #if( $params.layout )
  <input type="hidden" name="layout" value="$params.layout">
  #end
</form>

#if( $params.demo )
$demo.mainResultsIntro:
<pre>
  $render.eval($params.demo)
</pre>
#end
</div>