D : Date data type

Date data type

An Actuate Basic or Java data type used for date-and-time calculations. In Actuate Basic, the Date data type stores floating point numbers that represent dates ranging from 1 January 100 to 31 December 9999 and times from 00:00:00 to 23:59:59. In Java, the base Date data type, java.util.Date, is a class that encapsulates a millisecond date value from January 1, 1970 00:00:00.000 GMT through the year 8099. This Date class provides accessor methods that support getting and setting the value.

Related terms

Actuate Basic, class, data type, Java, method, value

Contrast with

Time data type, Timestamp data type


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