Java Date and Calendar classes

November 6th, 2006 at 2:44 am

I really wish Sun would simplify the classes related to dates in the Java Library. The java.util.date and java.util.*calendar* classes are a mess, very verbose and cumbersome to use. This ONJava article helps but it’s just a reminder of how much easier dates are to play with in .NET

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  1. Don’t forget to patch all the Java, .NET, etc. APIs for the new Daylight Savings Time put in place! We’re doing it here…I must say, it’s not hard, but its no fun.

    Thomas Nguyen - 7 Nov 06 at 7:51 pm

  2. [...] I’ve complained about the Java Date API classes before, it’s complicated,difficult to use and the calender class makes accessing methods clunky and well, verbose. [...]

    Shey’s Rebellion » Time to switch over to Joda Time - 25 Dec 06 at 1:20 am

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