* Generic API for calendar systems other than the default ISO. *
** The main API is based around the calendar system defined in ISO-8601. * However, there are other calendar systems, and this package provides basic support for them. * The alternate calendars are provided in the {@link java.time.chrono} package. *
** A calendar system is defined by the {@link java.time.chrono.Chronology} interface, * while a date in a calendar system is defined by the {@link java.time.chrono.ChronoLocalDate} interface. *
** It is intended that applications use the main API whenever possible, including code to read and write * from a persistent data store, such as a database, and to send dates and times across a network. * The "chrono" classes are then used at the user interface level to deal with localized input/output. * See {@link java.time.chrono.ChronoLocalDate ChronoLocalDate} * for a full discussion of the issues. *
** Using non-ISO calendar systems in an application introduces significant extra complexity. * Ensure that the warnings and recommendations in {@code ChronoLocalDate} have been read before * working with the "chrono" interfaces. *
** The supported calendar systems includes: *
** This example lists todays date for all of the available calendars. *
*
* // Enumerate the list of available calendars and print todays date for each.
* Set<Chronology> chronos = Chronology.getAvailableChronologies();
* for (Chronology chrono : chronos) {
* ChronoLocalDate date = chrono.dateNow();
* System.out.printf(" %20s: %s%n", chrono.getId(), date.toString());
* }
*
*
* * This example creates and uses a date in a named non-ISO calendar system. *
*
* // Print the Thai Buddhist date
* ChronoLocalDate now1 = Chronology.of("ThaiBuddhist").dateNow();
* int day = now1.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH);
* int dow = now1.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_WEEK);
* int month = now1.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR);
* int year = now1.get(ChronoField.YEAR);
* System.out.printf(" Today is %s %s %d-%s-%d%n", now1.getChronology().getId(),
* dow, day, month, year);
* // Print today's date and the last day of the year for the Thai Buddhist Calendar.
* ChronoLocalDate first = now1
* .with(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1)
* .with(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, 1);
* ChronoLocalDate last = first
* .plus(1, ChronoUnit.YEARS)
* .minus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS);
* System.out.printf(" %s: 1st of year: %s; end of year: %s%n", last.getChronology().getId(),
* first, last);
*
*
* * This example creates and uses a date in a specific ThaiBuddhist calendar system. *
*
* // Print the Thai Buddhist date
* ThaiBuddhistDate now1 = ThaiBuddhistDate.now();
* int day = now1.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH);
* int dow = now1.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_WEEK);
* int month = now1.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR);
* int year = now1.get(ChronoField.YEAR);
* System.out.printf(" Today is %s %s %d-%s-%d%n", now1.getChronology().getId(),
* dow, day, month, year);
*
* // Print today's date and the last day of the year for the Thai Buddhist Calendar.
* ThaiBuddhistDate first = now1
* .with(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1)
* .with(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, 1);
* ThaiBuddhistDate last = first
* .plus(1, ChronoUnit.YEARS)
* .minus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS);
* System.out.printf(" %s: 1st of year: %s; end of year: %s%n", last.getChronology().getId(),
* first, last);
*
*
* * Unless otherwise noted, passing a null argument to a constructor or method in any class or interface * in this package will cause a {@link java.lang.NullPointerException NullPointerException} to be thrown. * The Javadoc "@param" definition is used to summarise the null-behavior. * The "@throws {@link java.lang.NullPointerException}" is not explicitly documented in each method. *
** All calculations should check for numeric overflow and throw either an {@link java.lang.ArithmeticException} * or a {@link java.time.DateTimeException}. *
* @since JDK1.8 */