Date Adjustments

A key problem when working with dates is calculating one date relative to another taking into account holidays, weekends and other conventions. To handle this, a set of date manipulation classes are provided.

Date adjustment

The strata-basics module includes a number of key classes for adjusting dates:

• Business Day Adjustment
• Days Adjustment
• Period Adjustment
• Tenor Adjustment
• Adjustable Date

Business Day Adjustment

The simplest adjustment is provided by BusinessDayAdjustment. It takes an input date and returns the closest business day, as defined by the rules of the adjustment.

The rules consist of two items:

• the BusinessDayConvention
• the HolidayCalendar

A date is adjusted by passing the adjuster to LocalDate.with(TemporalAdjuster):

LocalDate adjusted = baseDate.with(myBusinessDayAdjustment);

The business day convention is a simple rule that specifies how to change the date from a holiday or weekend to a valid business day. The most commonly used conventions are:

For example, if a BusinessDayAdjustment has a business day convention of ‘Following’ and a holiday calendar of ‘GBLO’ (London holidays) then the following adjustments will occur:

Days Adjustment

The simplest relative adjustment is provided by DaysAdjustment. It takes an input date and adds a specific number of days.

The rules consist of three items:

• the number of days to add
• the HolidayCalendar for addition
• the BusinessDayAdjustment to produce the final result

A date is adjusted by passing the adjuster to LocalDate.with(TemporalAdjuster):

LocalDate adjusted = baseDate.with(myDaysAdjustment);

The DaysAdjustment class can be used to add calendar days or business days to a date.

When adding calendar days, the holiday calendar is set to ‘NoHolidays’. The number of days will be added to the base date using standard date arithmetic, ignoring holidays. The business day adjustment is used to convert the result to a valid business day.

When adding business days, the holiday calendar is set to the calendar of the business days to be added. The number of days will be added one by one to the base date using the holiday calendar. The business day adjustment is used to convert the result to a valid business day.

Note that the holiday calendar used by the business day adjustment may differ from that used for addition, which allows complex rules to be built. For example, the USD LIBOR fixing rule is that the effective date is two business days after the fixing date using the London holiday calendar, where that date is further adjusted to ensure it is a valid business day in both London and New York.

Period Adjustment

Longer relative adjustments are provided by PeriodAdjustment. It takes an input date and adds a specific period of years, months and days, as expressed by a Period.

The rules consist of three items:

• the Period to add
• the PeriodAdditionConvention
• the BusinessDayAdjustment to produce the final result

A date is adjusted by passing the adjuster to LocalDate.with(TemporalAdjuster):

LocalDate adjusted = baseDate.with(myPeriodAdjustment);

Addition is performed using standard calendar addition. The date is then adjusted using the PeriodAdditionConvention, which provides end-of-month rules, including selecting the last day of the month, or the last business day of the month.

The result is then adjusted using a BusinessDayAdjustment to produce the final result.

For example, this class could be used to add 6 months to a date ensuring that if the input date is the last business day of the month then the result will also be the last business day of the month.

Tenor Adjustment

This is identical to PeriodAdjustment except that the period is represented as a Tenor.

Adjustable Date

On some occasions, it can be useful to hold the base date and the business day adjustment together. This can be achieved using AdjustableDate.

The class consist of two items:

• the unadjusted LocalDate
• the BusinessDayAdjustment that will be used to adjust it

The adjusted date can be obtained using AdjustableDate.adjust():

LocalDate adjusted = adjustableDate.adjust();