jxl
Interface DateCell

All Superinterfaces:
Cell
All Known Subinterfaces:
DateFormulaCell
All Known Implementing Classes:
DateTime

public interface DateCell
extends Cell

A date cell


Method Summary
 java.util.Date getDate()
          Gets the date contained in this cell
 java.text.DateFormat getDateFormat()
          Gets the DateFormat used to format the cell.
 boolean isTime()
          Indicates whether the date value contained in this cell refers to a date, or merely a time
 
Methods inherited from interface jxl.Cell
getCellFormat, getColumn, getContents, getRow, getType, isHidden
 

Method Detail

getDate

public java.util.Date getDate()
Gets the date contained in this cell

Returns:
the cell contents

getDateFormat

public java.text.DateFormat getDateFormat()
Gets the DateFormat used to format the cell. This will normally be the format specified in the excel spreadsheet, but in the event of any difficulty parsing this, it will revert to the default date/time format.

Returns:
the DateFormat object used to format the date in the original excel cell

isTime

public boolean isTime()
Indicates whether the date value contained in this cell refers to a date, or merely a time

Returns:
TRUE if the value refers to a time