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Skipping Weekends While Adding Days to LocalDate in Java 8 1. Overview In this tutorial, we will briefly look at the algorithm to skip weekends while adding days to a LocalDate instance in Java 8. We’ll also go through the algorithm to subtract days from LocalDate object whilst skipping weekends.… Continue Reading java-localdate-add-days-skip-weekends
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Converting Java Date to OffsetDateTime 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we learn about the difference between Date and OffsetDateTime. We also learn how to convert from one to the other. 2. Difference between Date and OffsetDateTime OffsetDateTime was introduced in JDK 8 as a modern alternative to java.util.Date. OffsetDateTime is a… Continue Reading java-convert-date-to-offsetdatetime
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Converting Between LocalDate and XMLGregorianCalendar 1. Overview In this quick tutorial, we’ll discuss LocalDate and XMLGregorianCalendar and provide examples of converting between the two types. 2. XMLGregorianCalendar The XML Schema standard defines clear rules for specifying dates in XML format. In order to use this format, the Java class XMLGregorianCalendar,… Continue Reading java-localdate-to-xmlgregoriancalendar
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RegEx for matching Date Pattern in Java 1. Introduction Regular expressions are a powerful tool for matching various kinds of patterns when used appropriately. In this article, we’ll use java.util.regex package to determine whether a given String contains a valid date or not. For an introduction to regular expressions, refer… Continue Reading java-date-regular-expressions
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How to Work with Dates in Thymeleaf 1. Introduction Thymeleaf is a Java template engine designed to work directly with Spring. For an intro to Thymeleaf and Spring, have a look at this write-up. Besides these basic functions, Thymeleaf offers us a set of utility objects that will help us… Continue Reading dates-in-thymeleaf
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A Guide to SimpleDateFormat 1. Introduction In this tutorial, we’ll be taking an in-depth tour of the SimpleDateFormat class. We’ll take a look at simple instantiation and formatting styles as well as useful methods the class exposes for handling locales and time zones. Now, before getting started, let’s keep in mind SimpleDateFormat is not… Continue Reading java-simple-date-format
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Migrating to the New Java 8 Date Time API 1. Overview In this tutorial you will learn how to refactor your code in order to leverage the new Date Time API introduced in Java 8. 2. New API at a Glance Working with dates in Java used to be hard.… Continue Reading migrating-to-java-8-date-time-api
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Get the Current Date, Time and Timestamp in Java 8 1. Introduction This quick article describes how we may get the current date, current time and current time stamp in Java 8. 2. Current Date First, let’s use java.time.LocalDate to get the current system date: LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now(); To… Continue Reading current-date-time-and-timestamp-in-java-8
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Introduction to Joda-Time 1. Introduction Joda-Time is the most widely used date and time processing library, before the release of Java 8. Its purpose was to offer an intuitive API for processing date and time and also address the design issues that existed in the Java Date/Time API. The central concepts… Continue Reading joda-time
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Convert String to Date in Java 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll explore several ways to convert String objects into Date objects. We’ll start with the new Date Time API – java.time that was introduced in Java 8 before looking at the old java.util.Date data type also used for representing dates.… Continue Reading java-string-to-date
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