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1.59.3 Date class: instance creation (Blue Book)

dateAndTimeNow

Answer an array containing the current date and time

fromDays: dayCount

Answer a Date denoting dayCount days past 1/1/1901

fromJulian: jd

Answer a Date denoting the jd-th day in the astronomical Julian calendar.

fromSeconds: time

Answer a Date denoting the date time seconds past Jan 1st, 1901

newDay: day month: monthName year: yearInteger

Answer a Date denoting the dayCount day of the given (named) month and year

newDay: day monthIndex: monthIndex year: yearInteger

Answer a Date denoting the dayCount day of the given (as a number) month and year

newDay: dayCount year: yearInteger

Answer a Date denoting the dayCount day of the yearInteger year

readFrom: aStream

Parse an instance of the receiver from aStream

today

Answer a Date denoting the current date in local time

utcDateAndTimeNow

Answer an array containing the current date and time in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

utcToday

Answer a Date denoting the current date in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)