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2 *
3 * Copyright (C) 2002 Andrew Khan
4 *
5 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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19
20 package jxl;
21
22 import java.util.Date JavaDoc;
23 import java.text.DateFormat JavaDoc;
24
25 /**
26  * A date cell
27  */
28 public interface DateCell extends Cell
29 {
30   /**
31    * Gets the date contained in this cell
32    *
33    * @return the cell contents
34    */
35   public Date JavaDoc getDate();
36
37   /**
38    * Indicates whether the date value contained in this cell refers to a date,
39    * or merely a time
40    *
41    * @return TRUE if the value refers to a time
42    */
43   public boolean isTime();
44
45   /**
46    * Gets the DateFormat used to format the cell. This will normally be
47    * the format specified in the excel spreadsheet, but in the event of any
48    * difficulty parsing this, it will revert to the default date/time format.
49    *
50    * @return the DateFormat object used to format the date in the original
51    * excel cell
52    */
53   public DateFormat JavaDoc getDateFormat();
54 }
55
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