001    package biweekly.property;
002    
003    import java.util.Date;
004    
005    import biweekly.util.DateTimeComponents;
006    
007    /*
008     Copyright (c) 2013, Michael Angstadt
009     All rights reserved.
010    
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030     */
031    
032    /**
033     * <p>
034     * Defines the date that an event, free/busy component, or timezone component
035     * starts.
036     * </p>
037     * <p>
038     * <b>Examples:</b>
039     * 
040     * <pre class="brush:java">
041     * //date and time
042     * Date datetime = ...
043     * DateStart dtstart = new DateStart(datetime);
044     * 
045     * //date
046     * Date date = ...
047     * DateStart dtstart = new DateStart(date, false);
048     * 
049     * //local date and time (don't print a timezone)
050     * Date datetime = ...
051     * DateStart dtstart = new DateStart(datetime);
052     * dtstart.setLocalTime(true);
053     * 
054     * //with timezone 
055     * Date datetime = ... 
056     * DateStart dtstart = new DateStart(datetime); 
057     * dtstart.setTimezoneId("America/New_York");
058     * 
059     * //raw components 
060     * DateTimeComponents components = new DateTimeComponents(1999, 4, 4, 2, 0, 0, false);
061     * DateStart dtstart = new DateStart(components);
062     * </pre>
063     * 
064     * </p>
065     * @author Michael Angstadt
066     * @rfc 5545 p.97-8
067     */
068    public class DateStart extends DateOrDateTimeProperty {
069            /**
070             * Creates a start date property.
071             * @param startDate the start date
072             */
073            public DateStart(Date startDate) {
074                    this(startDate, true);
075            }
076    
077            /**
078             * Creates a start date property.
079             * @param startDate the start date
080             * @param hasTime true to include the time component of the date, false not
081             * to
082             */
083            public DateStart(Date startDate, boolean hasTime) {
084                    super(startDate, hasTime);
085            }
086    
087            /**
088             * Creates a start date property.
089             * @param components the raw components of the date-time value
090             */
091            public DateStart(DateTimeComponents components) {
092                    super(components);
093            }
094    }