DateTimeAtCreation (Java Platform SE 8 )
Keywords: javax.print.attribute.standard.DateTimeAtCreation class
Date: 2026-04-24

javax.print.attribute.standard

## Class DateTimeAtCreation

- java.lang.Object
- - javax.print.attribute.DateTimeSyntax
  - - javax.print.attribute.standard.DateTimeAtCreation

- All Implemented Interfaces:
    Serializable, Cloneable, Attribute, PrintJobAttribute

      public final class DateTimeAtCreation
      extends DateTimeSyntax
      implements PrintJobAttribute

  Class DateTimeAtCreation is a printing attribute class, a date-time attribute, that indicates the date and time at which the Print Job was created.

  To construct a DateTimeAtCreation attribute from separate values of the year, month, day, hour, minute, and so on, use a `Calendar` object to construct a `Date` object, then use the `Date` object to construct the DateTimeAtCreation attribute. To convert a DateTimeAtCreation attribute to separate values of the year, month, day, hour, minute, and so on, create a `Calendar` object and set it to the `Date` from the DateTimeAtCreation attribute.

  IPP Compatibility: The information needed to construct an IPP "date-time-at-creation" attribute can be obtained as described above. The category name returned by `getName()` gives the IPP attribute name.

  See Also:
    Serialized Form

- - ### Constructor Summary

    Constructors
    Constructor and Description
    `DateTimeAtCreation(Date dateTime)` Construct a new date-time at creation attribute with the given `Date` value.

  - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Concrete Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method and Description
    --- | ---
    `boolean` | `equals(Object object)` Returns whether this date-time at creation attribute is equivalent to the passed in object.
    `Class<? extends Attribute>` | `getCategory()` Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.
    `String` | `getName()` Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

    - ### Methods inherited from class javax.print.attribute.DateTimeSyntax

      `getValue, hashCode, toString`

    - ### Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

      `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- - ### Constructor Detail

    - #### DateTimeAtCreation

          public DateTimeAtCreation(Date dateTime)

      Construct a new date-time at creation attribute with the given `Date` value.
      Parameters:
        `dateTime` - `Date` value.
      Throws:
        `NullPointerException` - (unchecked exception) Thrown if `dateTime` is null.

  - ### Method Detail

    - #### equals

          public boolean equals(Object object)

      Returns whether this date-time at creation attribute is equivalent to the passed in object. To be equivalent, all of the following conditions must be true:
      1. `object` is not null.
      2. `object` is an instance of class DateTimeAtCreation.
      3. This date-time at creation attribute's `Date` value and `object`'s `Date` value are equal.
      Overrides:
        `equals` in class `DateTimeSyntax`
      Parameters:
        `object` - Object to compare to.
      Returns:
        True if `object` is equivalent to this date-time at creation attribute, false otherwise.
      See Also:
        `Object.hashCode()`, `HashMap`

    - #### getCategory

          public final Class<? extends Attribute> getCategory()

      Get the printing attribute class which is to be used as the "category" for this printing attribute value.

      For class DateTimeAtCreation, the category is class DateTimeAtCreation itself.

      Specified by:
        `getCategory` in interface `Attribute`
      Returns:
        Printing attribute class (category), an instance of class `java.lang.Class`.

    - #### getName

          public final String getName()

      Get the name of the category of which this attribute value is an instance.

      For class DateTimeAtCreation, the category name is `"date-time-at-creation"`.

      Specified by:
        `getName` in interface `Attribute`
      Returns:
        Attribute category name.

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