Package org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.formula.function.datetime

Class DateDifFunction

java.lang.Object

org.pentaho.reporting.libraries.formula.function.datetime.DateDifFunction

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable, Function

public class DateDifFunction
extends java.lang.Object
implements Function

This function returns the number of years, months, or days between two date numbers.

The Format is a code from the following table, entered as text, that specifies the format you want:

format	Returns the number of
y	Years
m	Months. If there is not a complete month between the dates, 0 will be returned.
d	Days
md	Days, ignoring months and years
ym	Months, ignoring years
yd	Days, ignoring years

Author:

Cedric Pronzato

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Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static java.lang.String	DAYS_CODE
static java.lang.String	DAYS_IGNORING_MONTHS_YEARS
static java.lang.String	DAYS_IGNORING_YEARS
static java.lang.String	MONTHS_CODE
static java.lang.String	MONTHS_IGNORING_YEARS
static java.lang.String	YEARS_CODE

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
DateDifFunction()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
TypeValuePair	evaluate(FormulaContext context, ParameterCallback parameters)
java.lang.String	getCanonicalName()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

YEARS_CODE

public static final java.lang.String YEARS_CODE

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Constant Field Values

MONTHS_CODE

public static final java.lang.String MONTHS_CODE

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Constant Field Values

DAYS_CODE

public static final java.lang.String DAYS_CODE

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Constant Field Values

DAYS_IGNORING_YEARS

public static final java.lang.String DAYS_IGNORING_YEARS

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Constant Field Values

MONTHS_IGNORING_YEARS

public static final java.lang.String MONTHS_IGNORING_YEARS

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Constant Field Values

DAYS_IGNORING_MONTHS_YEARS

public static final java.lang.String DAYS_IGNORING_MONTHS_YEARS

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

DateDifFunction

public DateDifFunction()

Method Detail

getCanonicalName

public java.lang.String getCanonicalName()

Specified by:

getCanonicalName in interface Function

evaluate

public TypeValuePair evaluate(FormulaContext context,
                              ParameterCallback parameters)
                       throws EvaluationException

Specified by:

evaluate in interface Function

Throws:

EvaluationException