Date (Groovy JDK enhancements)

Methods Summary

Methods
Return type	Name and parameters
`Date`	`clearTime()` Clears the time portion of this java.sql.Date instance; useful utility where it makes sense to compare month/day/year only portions of a Date.
`Date`	`minus(int days)` Subtract a number of days from this date and returns the new date.
`Date`	`next()` Increment a java.sql.Date by one day.
`Date`	`plus(int days)` Add a number of days to this date and returns the new date.
`Date`	`previous()` Decrement a java.sql.Date by one day.

Methods inherited from class java.util.Date

clearTime, copyWith, downto, format, format, getAt, getDateString, getDateTimeString, getTimeString, minus, minus, next, plus, previous, putAt, set, toCalendar, toTimestamp, updated, upto

- Methods Detail
  - public Date clearTime()
    
    Clears the time portion of this java.sql.Date instance; useful utility where it makes sense to compare month/day/year only portions of a Date.
    
    Returns:
    
    the java.sql.Date but with the time portion cleared
    
    Since:
    
    1.6.7
  - public Date minus(int days)
    
    Subtract a number of days from this date and returns the new date.
    
    Parameters:
    
    days - the number of days to subtract
    
    Returns:
    
    the new date
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - public Date next()
    
    Increment a java.sql.Date by one day.
    
    Returns:
    
    the next days date
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - public Date plus(int days)
    
    Add a number of days to this date and returns the new date.
    
    Parameters:
    
    days - the number of days to increase
    
    Returns:
    
    the new date
    
    Since:
    
    1.0
  - public Date previous()
    
    Decrement a java.sql.Date by one day.
    
    Returns:
    
    the previous days date
    
    Since:
    
    1.0