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

getCellFeatures, 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

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

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