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Trail: Date Time
Lesson: Standard Calendar

Summary

The java.time package contains many classes that your programs can use to represent time and date. This is a very rich API. The key entry points for ISO-based dates are as follows:

Other non-ISO calendar systems can be represented using the java.time.chrono package. This package is beyond the scope of this tutorial, though the Non-ISO Date Conversion page provides information about converting an ISO-based date to another calendar system.

The Date Time API was developed as part of the Java community process under the designation of JSR 310. For more information, see JSR 310: Date and Time API.


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