It's so much more pleasant to deal with datetimes and timezones when you have a good API that doesn't muddle and mix concepts for you. The Java 8 time API [1] s

It's so much more pleasant to deal with datetimes and timezones when you have a good API that doesn't muddle and mix concepts for you. The Java 8 time API [1] stands out, which was co-authored by Stephen Colebourne of Joda-Time fame [2]. [1] https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/package-summary.html https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/package-... [2] http://www.joda.org/joda-time/ http://www.joda.org/joda-time/