+
+ // Timezones currently reach from UTC-12 to UTC+14 that allows us to define
+ // the "earliest start" and "latest end" of a Date.
+ /**
+ * Gets this date's starting point.
+ *
+ * @return The earliest point in time where this date was in any timezone
+ */
+ public java.util.Date start() {
+ return new java.util.Date(time - 12 * MILLI_HOUR);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Gets this date's ending point.
+ *
+ * @return The latest point in time where this Date was any timezone
+ */
+ public java.util.Date end() {
+ return new java.util.Date(time + 14 * MILLI_HOUR + 24 * MILLI_HOUR);
+ }