Re: java.util.Calendar question
laredotornado wrote:
However, this loop is consistently returning a calendar instance that
is Saturday. Any ideas of something obvious that I'm missing here?
markspace wrote:
This worked for me:
<code>
public class CalendarTest {
public static void main( String[] args )
{
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
System.err.println( Calendar.SUNDAY );
System.err.println( c.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK ) );
while( c.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK ) != Calendar.SUNDAY ) {
c.roll( Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, -1 );
System.err.println( c.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK ) );
System.err.println( c.getTime() );
}
}
}
</code>
<output>
run:
1
4
3
Tue May 04 13:10:08 PDT 2010
2
Mon May 03 13:10:08 PDT 2010
1
Sun May 02 13:10:08 PDT 2010
BUILD SUCCESSFUL (total time: 1 second)
</output>
The problem there is the suspect definition of 'roll()':
"Adds the specified (signed) amount to the specified calendar field without
changing larger fields"
as opposed to 'add()', which reconciles the other fields.
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Lew
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