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I cringe every time I hear "Date" and "Java" in the same sentence.

• rlmw 14y ago
  The current situation isn't too great in terms of the standard libraries - but Jodatime is still a good alternative, and at least the situation is improving.
  • bjhoops1 14y ago
    Oh nice - I'll have to check that out. Standard libraries... smh
• RyanZAG 14y ago
  Then you're cringing for the wrong reasons - nearly every deployed language gets this wrong also (numeric timezones instead of descriptive ones) - java is actually one of the first to fix this stuff up.
  • autarch 14y ago
    Perl has had the DateTime suite of modules since early 2003. (Shameless plug since I'm the author). https://metacpan.org/release/DateTime https://metacpan.org/release/DateTime
    • joesb 14y ago
      So does Java. But, same as in Perl, it was not included in standard library.
• edwinnathaniel 14y ago
  I'm on the opposite. In fact, I run away every time I hear "Date or Money" and [any other platform except Java or .NET] in the same sentence.