Trail: Date-Time API


Beta Draft 2013-09-10
This section was updated to reflect features and conventions of the upcoming Java SE 8 release. You can download the current JDK 8 snapshot from java.net.

The Date-Time package, java.time, introduced in the Java SE 8 release, provides a comprehensive model for date and time. Although java.time is based on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) calendar system, commonly used global calendars are also supported.

This trail covers the fundamentals of using the ISO-based classes to represent date and time and to manipulate date and time values.


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