How to use

toDate

method

in

ucar.nc2.time.CalendarDate

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard calendars
 * @deprecated
 */
public DateRange toDateRange() {
 return new DateRange(start.toDate(), end.toDate());
}

@Override
public Date getStartDate() {
 CalendarDate cdate = getCalendarDateStart();
 return (cdate == null) ? null : cdate.toDate();
}

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @deprecated use getCalendarDates() to correctly interpret calendars
 */
public java.util.Date[] getTimeDates() {
 List<CalendarDate> cdates = getCalendarDates();
 Date[] timeDates = new Date[cdates.size()];
 int index = 0;
 for (CalendarDate cd : cdates)
  timeDates[index++] = cd.toDate();
 return timeDates;
}

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @param iso iso formatted string
 * @return Date
 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
 * @deprecated use isoStringToCalendarDate
 */
static public Date isoStringToDate(String iso) throws IllegalArgumentException {
 CalendarDate dt = isoStringToCalendarDate(null, iso);
  return dt.toDate();
}

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @param iso iso formatted string
 * @return Date
 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
 * @deprecated use isoStringToCalendarDate
 */
static public Date isoStringToDate(String iso) throws IllegalArgumentException {
 CalendarDate dt = isoStringToCalendarDate(null, iso);
  return dt.toDate();
}

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @deprecated use getCalendarDates() to correctly interpret calendars
 */
public java.util.Date[] getTimeDates() {
 List<CalendarDate> cdates = getCalendarDates();
 Date[] timeDates = new Date[cdates.size()];
 int index = 0;
 for (CalendarDate cd : cdates)
  timeDates[index++] = cd.toDate();
 return timeDates;
}

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @deprecated use getCalendarDate()
 */
 public java.util.Date getTimeDate (int idx) {
  return getCalendarDate(idx).toDate();
 }

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @deprecated use getCalendarDate()
 */
 public java.util.Date getTimeDate (int idx) {
  return getCalendarDate(idx).toDate();
 }

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @deprecated use getCalendarDate()
 */
 public java.util.Date getTimeDate (int idx) {
  return getCalendarDate(idx).toDate();
 }

/**
 * Get this as a Date.
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars.
 * @deprecated use getCalendarDate()
 * @return Date
 */
public Date getDate() {
 return isPresent() ? new Date() : date.toDate();
}

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @deprecated use getCalendarDates() to correctly interpret calendars
 */
public java.util.Date[] getTimeDates() {
 List<CalendarDate> cdates = getCalendarDates();
 Date[] timeDates = new Date[cdates.size()];
 int index = 0;
 for (CalendarDate cd : cdates)
  timeDates[index++] = cd.toDate();
 return timeDates;
}

/**
 * Get this as a Date.
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars.
 * @deprecated use getCalendarDate()
 * @return Date
 */
public Date getDate() {
 return isPresent() ? new Date() : date.toDate();
}

/**
 * Does not handle non-standard Calendars
 * @param iso iso formatted string
 * @return Date
 * @throws IllegalArgumentException
 * @deprecated use isoStringToCalendarDate
 */
static public Date isoStringToDate(String iso) throws IllegalArgumentException {
 CalendarDate dt = isoStringToCalendarDate(null, iso);
  return dt.toDate();
}

protected void setStartDate() {
 String datetime = ds.findAttValueIgnoreCase(null, "time_coverage_start", null);
 if (datetime != null) {
  startDate = CalendarDate.parseISOformat(null, datetime).toDate();
 } else {
  startDate = calDateUnits.makeCalendarDate(time[0]).toDate();
 }
}

protected void setEndDate() {
 String datetime = ds.findAttValueIgnoreCase(null, "time_coverage_end", null);
 if (datetime != null) {
  endDate = CalendarDate.parseISOformat(null, datetime).toDate();
 } else {
  endDate = calDateUnits.makeCalendarDate(time[time.length - 1]).toDate();
 }
}

protected void setStartDate() {
 String datetime = ds.findAttValueIgnoreCase(null, "time_coverage_start", null);
 if (datetime != null) {
  startDate = CalendarDate.parseISOformat(null, datetime).toDate();
 } else {
  startDate = calDateUnits.makeCalendarDate(time[0]).toDate();
 }
}

protected void setEndDate() {
 String datetime = ds.findAttValueIgnoreCase(null, "time_coverage_end", null);
 if (datetime != null) {
  endDate = CalendarDate.parseISOformat(null, datetime).toDate();
 } else {
  endDate = calDateUnits.makeCalendarDate(time[time.length - 1]).toDate();
 }
}

private void testDate(String udunits) {
 Date uddate = DateUnit.getStandardDate(udunits);
 CalendarDate cd = CalendarDate.parseUdunits(null, udunits);
 if (!uddate.equals(cd.toDate())) {
  System.out.printf("  BAD %s == %s != %s (diff = %d)%n", udunits, df.toDateTimeString(uddate), cd, cd.toDate().getTime() - uddate.getTime());
 }
}

public void writeRecord(PointFeature pf, StructureData sdata) throws IOException {
 if (debug) System.out.println("PointFeature= " + pf);
 EarthLocation loc = pf.getLocation();
 int count = writeCoordinates(loc.getLatitude(), loc.getLongitude(), loc.getAltitude(), pf.getObservationTimeAsCalendarDate().toDate());
 for (int i = count; i < recordVars.size(); i++) {
  Variable v = recordVars.get(i);
  v.setCachedData(sdata.getArray(v.getShortName()), false);
 }
 ncfileOut.writeRecordData(recordVars);
}

@Test
public void testCalendarToDate() {
 CalendarDate cdate = CalendarDateFormatter.isoStringToCalendarDate(Calendar.uniform30day, "1968-01-30T15:00:00.000Z");
 System.out.printf("%s%n", cdate);
 System.out.printf("%s%n", cdate.getDateTime());
 System.out.printf("%s%n", cdate.toDate());
 System.out.printf("%s%n", CalendarDateFormatter.toDateTimeStringISO(cdate.toDate()));
 System.out.printf("%s%n", CalendarDateFormatter.toDateString(cdate));
 CalendarDateFormatter cdf = new CalendarDateFormatter("yyyyMMdd");
 System.out.printf("%s%n", cdf.toString(cdate));
}