Format for Calling a Date Method
To call a date method, you must precede the method name with a specific instance of a variable followed by a period. For example, assume you create a date object named aDate. To call the getDate method, you use the following format:
aDate.getDate
Siebel CRM uses a literal value to call a static method, such as Date.parse. The beginning of a static method includes the following format:
Date.
These methods are part of the date object instead of an instance of the Date object.