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Task/Date-manipulation/NetRexx/date-manipulation.netrexx

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+/* NetRexx */
+options replace format comments java crossref symbols binary
+
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
+import java.text.ParseException
+
+runSample(arg)
+return
+
+-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+method manipulateDate(sampleDate, dateFmt, dHours = 0) private static
+  formatter = SimpleDateFormat(dateFmt)
+  msHours = dHours * 60 * 60 * 1000 -- hours in milliseconds
+  day = formatter.parse(sampleDate)
+  day.setTime(day.getTime() + msHours)
+  formatted = formatter.format(day)
+  return formatted
+
+-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+method runSample(arg) private static
+  do
+    sampleDate = 'March 7 2009 7:30pm EST'
+    dateFmt = "MMMM d yyyy h:mma z"
+    say sampleDate
+    say manipulateDate(sampleDate, dateFmt, 12)
+  catch ex = Exception
+    ex.printStackTrace()
+  end
+  return