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<h1>Yahoo! UI Library</h1>
<h3>Calendar&nbsp;</h3>
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<a href="./index.html">Yahoo! UI Library</a>
&gt; <a href="./module_calendar.html">calendar</a>
&gt; YAHOO.widget.DateMath
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Class <b>YAHOO.widget.DateMath</b>
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YAHOO.widget.DateMath is used for simple date manipulation. The class is a static utility
used for adding, subtracting, and comparing dates.
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<h3><a name="field_detail">Properties</a></h3>
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<h4><a name="DAY">DAY</a>
<code>- static final String</code>
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Constant field representing Day
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<h4><a name="MONTH">MONTH</a>
<code>- static final String</code>
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Constant field representing Month
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<h4><a name="ONE_DAY_MS">ONE_DAY_MS</a>
<code>- static final Number</code>
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Constant field representing one day, in milliseconds
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<h4><a name="WEEK">WEEK</a>
<code>- static final String</code>
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Constant field representing Week
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<h4><a name="YEAR">YEAR</a>
<code>- static final String</code>
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Constant field representing Year
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<h3><a name="methodDetails">Methods</a></h3>
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<h4>
<a name="add">add</a></h4>
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<code>
Date
<strong>add</strong>
(
date
,
field
,
amount
)
</code>
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Adds the specified amount of time to the this instance.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript Date object to perform addition on
</dd>
<dd>
<code>field &lt;String&gt;</code>
The field constant to be used for performing addition.
</dd>
<dd>
<code>amount &lt;Number&gt;</code>
The number of units (measured in the field constant) to add to the date.
</dd>
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<dt>Returns:
<code>
Date
</code></dt>
<dd>The resulting Date object</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="after">after</a></h4>
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Boolean
<strong>after</strong>
(
date
,
compareTo
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Determines whether a given date is after another date on the calendar.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The Date object to compare with the compare argument
</dd>
<dd>
<code>compareTo &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The Date object to use for the comparison
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Boolean
</code></dt>
<dd>true if the date occurs after the compared date; false if not.</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="before">before</a></h4>
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<code>
Boolean
<strong>before</strong>
(
date
,
compareTo
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Determines whether a given date is before another date on the calendar.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The Date object to compare with the compare argument
</dd>
<dd>
<code>compareTo &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The Date object to use for the comparison
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Boolean
</code></dt>
<dd>true if the date occurs before the compared date; false if not.</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="between">between</a></h4>
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<code>
Boolean
<strong>between</strong>
(
date
,
dateBegin
,
dateEnd
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Determines whether a given date is between two other dates on the calendar.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The date to check for
</dd>
<dd>
<code>dateBegin &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The start of the range
</dd>
<dd>
<code>dateEnd &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The end of the range
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Boolean
</code></dt>
<dd>true if the date occurs between the compared dates; false if not.</dd>
</dl>
</div>
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<h4>
<a name="clearTime">clearTime</a></h4>
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<code>
Date
<strong>clearTime</strong>
(
date
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Clears the time fields from a given date, effectively setting the time to midnight.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript Date for which the time fields will be cleared
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Date
</code></dt>
<dd>The JavaScript Date cleared of all time fields</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="findMonthEnd">findMonthEnd</a></h4>
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<code>
Date
<strong>findMonthEnd</strong>
(
date
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Gets the last day of a month containing a given date.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript Date used to calculate the month end
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Date
</code></dt>
<dd>The JavaScript Date representing the last day of the month</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="findMonthStart">findMonthStart</a></h4>
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<code>
Date
<strong>findMonthStart</strong>
(
date
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Gets the first day of a month containing a given date.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript Date used to calculate the month start
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Date
</code></dt>
<dd>The JavaScript Date representing the first day of the month</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="getDayOffset">getDayOffset</a></h4>
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<code>
Number
<strong>getDayOffset</strong>
(
date
,
calendarYear
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Calculates the number of days the specified date is from January 1 of the specified calendar year.
Passing January 1 to this function would return an offset value of zero.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript date for which to find the offset
</dd>
<dd>
<code>calendarYear &lt;Number&gt;</code>
The calendar year to use for determining the offset
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Number
</code></dt>
<dd>The number of days since January 1 of the given year</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="getJan1">getJan1</a></h4>
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<code>
Date
<strong>getJan1</strong>
(
calendarYear
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Retrieves a JavaScript Date object representing January 1 of any given year.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>calendarYear &lt;Number&gt;</code>
The calendar year for which to retrieve January 1
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Date
</code></dt>
<dd>January 1 of the calendar year specified.</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="getWeekNumber">getWeekNumber</a></h4>
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<code>
Number
<strong>getWeekNumber</strong>
(
date
,
calendarYear
,
weekStartsOn
)
</code>
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Calculates the week number for the given date. This function assumes that week 1 is the
week in which January 1 appears, regardless of whether the week consists of a full 7 days.
The calendar year can be specified to help find what a the week number would be for a given
date if the date overlaps years. For instance, a week may be considered week 1 of 2005, or
week 53 of 2004. Specifying the optional calendarYear allows one to make this distinction
easily.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript date for which to find the week number
</dd>
<dd>
<code>calendarYear &lt;Number&gt;</code>
OPTIONAL - The calendar year to use for determining the week number. Default is
the calendar year of parameter "date".
</dd>
<dd>
<code>weekStartsOn &lt;Number&gt;</code>
OPTIONAL - The integer (0-6) representing which day a week begins on. Default is 0 (for Sunday).
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Number
</code></dt>
<dd>The week number of the given date.</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="isMonthOverlapWeek">isMonthOverlapWeek</a></h4>
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<code>
Boolean
<strong>isMonthOverlapWeek</strong>
(
weekBeginDate
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Determines if a given week overlaps two different months.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>weekBeginDate &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript Date representing the first day of the week.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Boolean
</code></dt>
<dd>true if the date overlaps two different months.</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="isYearOverlapWeek">isYearOverlapWeek</a></h4>
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<code>
Boolean
<strong>isYearOverlapWeek</strong>
(
weekBeginDate
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Determines if a given week overlaps two different years.
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<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>weekBeginDate &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript Date representing the first day of the week.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Boolean
</code></dt>
<dd>true if the date overlaps two different years.</dd>
</dl>
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<h4>
<a name="subtract">subtract</a></h4>
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<code>
Date
<strong>subtract</strong>
(
date
,
field
,
amount
)
</code>
<div class="description">
Subtracts the specified amount of time from the this instance.
</div>
<div class="description">
<dl>
<dt>Parameters:</dt>
<dd>
<code>date &lt;Date&gt;</code>
The JavaScript Date object to perform subtraction on
</dd>
<dd>
<code>field &lt;Number&gt;</code>
The this field constant to be used for performing subtraction.
</dd>
<dd>
<code>amount &lt;Number&gt;</code>
The number of units (measured in the field constant) to subtract from the date.
</dd>
</dl>
<dl>
<dt>Returns:
<code>
Date
</code></dt>
<dd>The resulting Date object</dd>
</dl>
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<li><a href="YAHOO.widget.CalendarGroup.html">YAHOO.widget.CalendarGroup</a></li>
<li><a href="YAHOO.widget.DateMath.html">YAHOO.widget.DateMath</a></li>
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<h4>Files</h4>
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<li><a href="Calendar.js.html">Calendar.js</a></li>
<li><a href="CalendarGroup.js.html">CalendarGroup.js</a></li>
<li><a href="DateMath.js.html">DateMath.js</a></li>
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<h4>Properties</h4>
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<li><a href="#DAY">DAY</a>
<!--<code>&lt;String&gt;</code>-->
</li>
<li><a href="#MONTH">MONTH</a>
<!--<code>&lt;String&gt;</code>-->
</li>
<li><a href="#ONE_DAY_MS">ONE_DAY_MS</a>
<!--<code>&lt;String&gt;</code>-->
</li>
<li><a href="#WEEK">WEEK</a>
<!--<code>&lt;String&gt;</code>-->
</li>
<li><a href="#YEAR">YEAR</a>
<!--<code>&lt;String&gt;</code>-->
</li>
</ul>
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<h4>Methods</h4>
<ul class="content">
<li><!--<code>Date</code>-->
<a href="#add">add</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Boolean</code>-->
<a href="#after">after</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Boolean</code>-->
<a href="#before">before</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Boolean</code>-->
<a href="#between">between</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Date</code>-->
<a href="#clearTime">clearTime</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Date</code>-->
<a href="#findMonthEnd">findMonthEnd</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Date</code>-->
<a href="#findMonthStart">findMonthStart</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Number</code>-->
<a href="#getDayOffset">getDayOffset</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Date</code>-->
<a href="#getJan1">getJan1</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Number</code>-->
<a href="#getWeekNumber">getWeekNumber</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Boolean</code>-->
<a href="#isMonthOverlapWeek">isMonthOverlapWeek</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Boolean</code>-->
<a href="#isYearOverlapWeek">isYearOverlapWeek</a>
</li>
<li><!--<code>Date</code>-->
<a href="#subtract">subtract</a>
</li>
</ul>
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