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Java 8 contains similar JodaTime API

Posted on December 2, 2010 by keiki

Java 8 will finally have a new time/date API (It’s about time). The new API is similar to the Jodatime API (one of the best APIs available).  http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/

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calendar.equals is evil (especially over RMI)

Posted on September 2, 2010 by keiki

And again I stumbled across a problem of the date/time API of the JVM. This time it is the java.util.Calendar object. The Calendar object violates against the x.compareTo(y)==0       ==         x.equals(y)           recommendation. It’s not a … Continue reading →

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