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java.util.Date vs java.sql.Date ** 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’re going to compare two date classes: java.util.Date and java.sql.Date. Once we complete the comparison, it should be clear which one to use and why. 2. java.util.Date The java.util.Date class represents a particular moment in time, with millisecond precision since the 1st of… Continue Reading java-util-date-sql-date

Extracting Year, Month and Day from Date in Java 1. Overview In this short tutorial, we’ll look at how to extract the year, month and day from a given Date in Java. We’ll be looking at how to extract these values using the legacy java.util.Date class and also by using the new date-time… Continue Reading java-year-month-day

Convert Date to LocalDate or LocalDateTime and Back 1. Overview Starting with Java 8, we have a new Date API – java.time. However, sometimes we still need to perform conversions between the new and the old APIs, and work with date representations from both. Further reading: Migrating to the New… Continue Reading java-date-to-localdate-and-localdatetime

Differences Between ZonedDateTime and OffsetDateTime 1. Overview ZonedDateTime and OffsetDateTime are pretty popular classes in the link:/java-8-date-time-intro

Calculate Age in Java 1. Overview In this quick tutorial, we’ll see how to calculate age using Java 8, Java 7 and Joda-Time libraries. In all cases, we’ll take the birth date and current date as input and return the calculated age in years. 2. Using Java 8 Java 8 introduced… Continue Reading java-get-age

How to Get All Dates Between Two Dates? 1. Overview The new Time API introduced in Java 8 made it possible to process date and time without using external libraries. In this short tutorial, we will take a look at how getting all dates between two dates become easier over… Continue Reading java-between-dates

Difference Between Two Dates in Java 1. Overview In this quick write-up, we’ll explore multiple possibilities of calculating the difference between two dates in Java. Further reading: Increment Date in Java An overview of various core and 3rd party methods for adding days to a date Read more → Check… Continue Reading java-date-difference

How to Get the Start and the End of a Day using Java 1. Overview In this short tutorial, we’ll learn how to get the start and the end of a day in Java, using simple, straightforward examples for different scenarios. We’ll be using the Java’s 8 Date/Time API to build these… Continue Reading java-day-start-end

Jackson Date 1. Overview In this tutorial, we’ll serialize dates with Jackson. We’ll start by serializing a simple java.util.Date, then Joda-Time as well as the Java 8 DateTime. 2. Serialize Date to Timestamp First – let’s see how to serialize a simple java.util.Date with Jackson. In the following example –… Continue Reading jackson-serialize-dates