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package java.sql;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

/**
  * This class is a wrapper around java.util.Date to allow the JDBC
  * driver to identify the value as a SQL Date.
  *
  * @author Aaron M. Renn (arenn@urbanophile.com)
  */
public class Date extends java.util.Date
{

/*
 * Class Variables
 */

/**
  * Used for parsing and formatting this date.
  */
private static SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

/**
  * This is the serialization UID for this class.
  */
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1511598038487230103L;

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Class Methods
 */

/**
  * This method returns a new instance of this class by parsing a
  * date in JDBC format into a Java date.
  *
  * @param str The string to parse.
  *
  * @return The resulting <code>java.sql.Date</code> value. 
  */
public static Date
valueOf(String str)
{
  try
    {
      java.util.Date d = (java.util.Date)sdf.parseObject(str);
      return(new Date(d.getTime()));
    }
  catch(Exception e)
    {
      return(null);
    }
}

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Constructors
 */

/**
  * This method initializes a new instance of this class with the
  * specified year, month, and day.
  *
  * @param year The year of this date minue 1900.
  * @param month The month of this date (0-11).
  * @param day The day of this date (1-31).
  *
  * @deprecated
  */
public 
Date(int year, int month, int day)
{
  super(year, month, day);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/**
  * This method initializes a new instance of this class with the
  * specified time value representing the number of seconds since 
  * Jan 1, 1970 at 12:00 midnight GMT.
  *
  * @param time The time value to intialize this date to.
  */
public
Date(long date)
{
  super(date);
}

/*************************************************************************/

/*
 * Instance Methods
 */

/**
  * This method returns this date in JDBC format.
  *
  * @return This date as a string.
  */
public String
toString()
{
  return(sdf.format(this));
}

} // class Date

