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❖ Explain new classes of the Date and Time API in Java 8

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❖ Explain Enum and Clock types

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❖ Describe the role of time-zones in Java 8

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❖ Explain support for backward compatibility in the new API

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 Introduction

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New Date-Time API overcomes issues faced by earlier version of date and time library such

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Time-zone
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java.time package acts as a repository where all classes of new Date and Time API are located.

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Complete list of classes in API is:

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LocalDate OffsetTime

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Clock
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Duration ZonedDate
LocalTime Period

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OffsetDate YearMonth ZoneOffset

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Clock class in
Java 8 version is used to get the date and time using

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Clock
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Clock can beused in the place of System.currentTimeInMillis() and TimeZone.

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getDefault().

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Following Code Snippet displays the instance of using Clock. It represents

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Clock how a clock can provide access to the current date and time using a time-
zone.

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import java.time.*; // import the package for Date-Time API classes
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// Creates a new Clock instance based on UTC.

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Clock defaultClock = Clock.systemUTC();

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System.out.println("Clock : " + defaultClock);
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// Creates a clock instance based on system clock zone
Clock defaultClock2 = Clock.systemDefaultZone();
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System.out.println("Clock : " + defaultClock2);

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Following Code Snippet displays how the given date can be verified against

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Clock
the Clock object:

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public class MyClass {

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private Clock clock;
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public void process(LocalDate eventDate) {
if (eventDate.isBefore(LocalDate.now(clock))) {

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Duration class consists of a
group of methods to perform calculations

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Duration
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plusNanos() plusSeconds() plusHours()

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minusNanos() minusSeconds() minusHours()

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plusMillis() ec plusMinutes() plusDays()
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minusMillis() minusMinutes() minusDays()

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Following Code Snippet shows the usage of plusDays() and minusDays()

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Duration
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Duration present = ... // assume code is written to
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Duration samplePlusA = present.plusDays(3);

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Duration sampleMinusA = present.minusDays(3);

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Here, first line of code produces a Duration variable, present that will be used as the base of

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calculations. It is assumed that code to create the Duration object is added.
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Code Snippet then produces two new Duration objects based on the present object. The
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second line generates a Duration, which is equivalent to present plus three days. The third
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line builds Duration that is equivalent to present minus three days.

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Instant

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Instant class helps in time stamp creation.
(java.time.instant)

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Generating an Instant:
An instance of an Instant can be generated using one of the Instant class factory methods.

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Code Snippet shows an Instant object representing the exact moment of now, using method Instant.now().

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Instant sampleNow = Instant.now();

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Instant sampleFuture = sampleNow.plusNanos(4);
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// four nanoseconds in the future

Instant samplePast = sampleNow.minusNanos(4);
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//four nanoseconds in the past

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LocalDate class is bundled with the java.time package.

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Creating a LocalDate: Obtain a LocalDate:

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LocalDate objects can be created using

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To obtain a LocalDate, you can also
several approaches. The first approach is to
create it from a specific year, month, and

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get a LocalDate equivalent to the local day information.
date of today.

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Code Snippet shows creating LocalDate

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Code Snippet shows creating a LocalDate using of().
object using now().

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LocalDate sampleLocDaA =
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LocalDate sampleLocDaB =
LocalDate.now(); LocalDate.of(2016, 07, 04);
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Date information of a LocalDate object can be accessed using following

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LocalDate
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getDayOfYear ()

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getDayOfWeek
getYear ()
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getMonth () getDayOfMonth ()
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Following Code Snippet illustrates date information of a LocalDate.

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int year = localDate.getYear();
int dayOfMonth = localDate.getDayOfMonth();

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Month month = localDate.getMonth();
int dayOfYear = localDate.getDayOfYear();

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DayOfWeek dayOfWeek = localDate.getDayOfWeek();

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int monthvalue = month.getValue();

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Notice how getMonth() and getDayOfWeek() methods return an enum instead of an int. These
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enums can provide their data as int values by calling their getValue() methods.
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LocalDate Calculations:

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LocalDate A set of date calculations can be achieved with the LocalDate class

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using one or more of following methods:

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plusDays () minusDays () plusWeeks () minusWeeks ()

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plusMonths () minusMonths () plusYears ()

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minusYears ()
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LocalDate Calculation Method:

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Code Snippet displays how a LocalDate calculation methods works.

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In the code, sampleLocDa, a new instance

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LocalDate sampleLocDa = LocalDate.of(2016,
04, 30); of LocalDate, is created using of()

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LocalDate sampleLocDaA = method. Then, the code builds a new
sampleLocDa.plusYears(4); LocalDate instance that represents the

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LocalDate sampleLocDaB = date four years later from the specified date.
sampleLocDa.minusYears(4); ec Finally, the code generates a new
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LocalDate instance that denotes the date
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Represents a local date and time without any time-zone data.

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Date-Time information of a LocalDateTime object can be accessed using
LocalDateTime

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getValue() method.

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Various date and time calculations can be performed on LocalDateTime

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object with plus or minus methods.

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Creating a LocalDateTime object based on a specific year, month, and day:

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LocalDateTime sampleLocDaTiB = LocalDateTime.of (2016, 05, 07, 12, 06, 16, 054);
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Parameters passed to of() are year, month, day (of month), hours, minutes, seconds, and
nanoseconds respectively.
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Code Snippet illustrates how LocalDateTime calculation methods work.

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LocalDateTime sampleLocDaTi = LocalDateTime.now();

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LocalDateTime sampleLocDaTiA = sampleLocDaTi.plusYears(4);
LocalDateTime sampleLocDaTiB = sampleLocDaTi.minusYears(4);

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The code first creates a LocalDateTime instance sampleLocDaTi signifying the current moment.

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Then, the code creates a LocalDateTime object that denotes a date and time four years later.

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Finally, the code builds a LocalDateTime object that denotes a date and time four years prior.
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LocalTime LocalTime class in Date-Time API signifies exact time of day without any

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Class time-zone data.

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Creating a LocalTime Class:

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A LocalTime instance can be generated Another approach to produce a
using several approaches. The foremost LocalTime object is to create it from

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a LocalTime instance that denotes the and nanoseconds. Code Snippet displays
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exact time of now. Code Snippet shows the of() method.
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Code Snippet: Code Snippet:

LocalTime sampleLocTiA = LocalTime sampleLocTiB =
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LocalTime.now(); LocalTime.of(12, 24, 33, 00135);

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 LocalTime class consists of a set of methods that can perform local

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time calculations.

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LocalTime
Calculations  For example, plusMinutes() method adds minutes and

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minusMinutes() subtracts minutes from a given value in a calculation.

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 Plus or minus methods are in LocalDateTime object.
 Code Snippet explains LocalTime calculations.

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LocalTime sampleLocTi = LocalTime.of(12, 24, 33, 00135);
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LocalTime sampleLocTiFuture = sampleLocTi.plusHours(4);// future

LocalTime sampleLocTiPast = sampleLocTi.minusHours(4);// past
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 MonthDay is an immutable Date-Time object that represents month as

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MonthDay

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 Code Snippet depicts how MonthDay class can be used for checking

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recurring date-time events.

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// Code to display Birthday wishes
LocalDate dateOfBirth = LocalDate.of(2006, 02, 24);

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MonthDay bday = MonthDay.of(dateOfBirth.getMonth(), dateOfBirth.

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MonthDay currentMonthDay = MonthDay.from(today); //assume today is defined
if(currentMonthDay.equals(bday)){
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System.out.println("**Colorful Joyful Birthday Buddy**");
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System.out.println("Nope, today is not your B'day");

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 OffsetDateTime is an immutable illustration of date and time with an

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offset.
 Code Snippet displays an example stating California is GMT or

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OffsetDate
UTC–07:00 and to get a similar time-zone, static method ZoneOffset.of()

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Time Class
can be used.

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 After fetching the offset value, OffSetDateTime can be shaped by passing a

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LocalDateTime and an offset to it.

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LocalDateTime datetime = LocalDateTime.of(2016, Month.FEBRUARY, 15,

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// to display the result using Offset
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ZoneOffset sampleoffset = ZoneOffset.of("-07:00");
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OffsetDateTime date = OffsetDateTime.of(datetime, sampleoffset);

System.out.println("Sample display of Date and Time using time-zone
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OffsetTime class is an immutable Date-Time object that denotes a time,

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frequently observed as hour-minute-second-offset.

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OffsetTime
Class

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 Following Code Snippet shows the complete program to fetch the

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seconds using the OffsetTime class:

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import java.time.OffsetTime;// Class to show the result by using Output:
// OffsetTime class method

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public class MinuteOffset { Minutes: 49
public static void main(String[] args) {

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OffsetTime d = OffsetTime.now();
int e = d.getMinute();
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System.out.println("Minutes: " + e);
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 Period (java.time.Period) represents an amount of time in terms of

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Period

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Class  Duration and Period are somewhat similar; however, the difference

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between the two can be seen in their approach towards Daylight
Savings Time (DST) when they are added to ZonedDateTime.

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Period Following Code Snippet displays an example to calculate the span of time

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Class from today until a birthday, assuming the birthday is on May 22nd:

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import java.time.LocalDate;// Class to get the present day

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import java.time.Month; // Class to get month related calculations

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import java.time.Period;//Class to calculate the time period between two
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import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
public class NextBday {

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public static void main(String[] args) {
LocalDate presentday = LocalDate.now();

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LocalDate bday = LocalDate.of(1983, Month.MAY, 22);

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LocalDate comingBDay = bday.withYear(presentday.getYear());
// To address the belated b'day celebration.
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if (comingBDay.isBefore(presentday) || comingBDay.isEqual(presentday))
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Period waitA = Period.between(presentday, comingBDay);

long waitB = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(presentday, comingBDay);
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System.out.println("Totally, I need to wait for " + waitA.getMonths() + "
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waitA.getDays() + " days to celebrate my next B'day. (" +
waitB + " days in total)");// to display the waiting time for B'day Bash

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Totally, I need to wait for 0 months and 22 days to celebrate my next

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 A Year (java.time.Year) object is an immutable Date-Time object that

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Year Class denotes a year.

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 Following Code Snippet displays the calculations using Year class:

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import java.time.Year;// Class to use Year values in calculations

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public class SampleYear {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println(" The Present Year():"+Year.now());
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System.out.println("The year 2002 is a Leap year :"+ The Present Year (): 2016
Year.isLeap(2002));// to display whether the year 2002 is a leap

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// year or not
The year 2002 is a Leap year:

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System.out.println("The year 2012 is a Leap year :"+
Year.isLeap(2012));
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The year 2012 is a Leap year:
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// to display whether the year 2012 is a leap year or not
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YearMonth (java.time.YearMonth) is a stable Date-Time object that

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denotes the combination of year and month. This class does not store or

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denote a day, time, or time-zone. For example, the value 'November

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2011‘ can be stored in a YearMonth.
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YearMonth can be used to denote things such as credit card expiry, Fixed

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Deposit maturity date, Stock Futures, Stock options expiry dates, or

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determining if the year is a leap year or not.

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Following Code Snippet shows the YearMonth calculations:

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import java.time.YearMonth;// to use the Year and Month info
public class YearMonth {
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System.out.println("The Present Year Month:"+YearMonth.now());
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// To display present year and month The Present Year Month: 2016-

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System.out.println("Month alone:"+YearMonth.parse("2016- 05
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System.out.println("Year alone:"+YearMonth.parse("2016-04" Month alone: 4

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).getYear());// to display the year value alone
System.out.println("This year is a Leap year:"
Year alone: 2016
This year is a Leap year: true
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+YearMonth.parse("2016-04").isLeapYear());// leap year check
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ZonedDateTime

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ZonedDateTime(java.time.ZonedDateTime)is an immutable that represents date

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and time in addition to a time-zone.

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The ZonedDateTime class is immutable. This means that all methods executing

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calculations on a ZonedDateTime object yields a new ZonedDateTime instance.

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ZonedDateTime

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Following example depicts the usage of methods to get year, month, day, hour, minute,

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seconds, and zone offset:

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import java.time.ZonedDateTime;// to access Zoned Date Time

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public class ZoneDT {//Class ZoneDT refers to ZonedDateTime
public static void main(String[] args) {

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System.out.println(ZonedDateTime.now());

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ZonedDateTime sampleZoDT = ZonedDateTime.parse("2016-04-
2016-05-
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System.out.println("Present day of the year:"+sampleZoDT.
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getDayOfYear()); Present day of the year: 94
System.out.println("Present year:"+sampleZoDT.getYear());
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Present year: 2016
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ZoneId is used to recognize rules used to convert between an Instant
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The two different ID types are as follows:

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Geographical regions
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Greenwich/UTC.

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four hours ahead during Autumn.
ZoneOffset

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The ZoneId instance for Berlin will reference two ZoneOffset

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instances - a +02:00 instance for Spring and a +04:00 instance for Autumn.

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Code Snippet illustrates the usage of this class.
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ZoneOffset sampleOffset = ZoneOffset.of("+05:00");
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Benefits of using Enums in Java:

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Enum

Enum

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own switch can be added
name statements without

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ChronoUnit enumeration is used in following Code Snippet:

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import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;

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public class EnumDateCalculation{
public static void main(String args[]){

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EnumDateCalculation java8enum = new EnumDateCalculation ();
java8enum.enumChromoUnits();

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public void enumChromoUnits(){

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// To display the current date
LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();

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System.out.println("Current date: " + today);
// To display the result 2 weeks addition to the current

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LocalDate nextWeek = today.plus(2, ChronoUnit.WEEKS);

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System.out.println("After 2 weeks: " + nextWeek);
// To display the result 2 months addition to the current
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LocalDate nextMonth = today.plus(2, ChronoUnit.MONTHS);

System.out.println("After 2 months: " + nextMonth);
// To display the result 2 years addition to the current
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LocalDate nextYear = today.plus(2, ChronoUnit.YEARS);
System.out.println("After 2 years: " + nextYear);

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LocalDate nextDecade = today.plus(2, ChronoUnit.DECADES);
System.out.println("Date after twenty year: " + nextDecade);

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Output:

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Current date: 2016-04-07
After 2 weeks: 2016-04-21
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After 2 months: 2016-06-07
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After 2 years: 2018-04-07

Date after twenty year: 2036-04-07
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Temporal Adjuster acts as a key tool in modifying the Temporal Object.

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Temporal Adjuster is a A Temporal Adjuster can be For example, it can be used to

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functional interface that uses used to perform complicated find 'first Thursday of the

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adjustInto (Temporal) date 'math' that is popular in month' or 'next Tuesday’.
method to return a copy of business applications.

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Temporal object with
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Date-Time objects FirstDayOfMonth ( )
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Following Code Snippet shows how to find the first day of a month using a specified date:

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import java.time.LocalDate;

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import java.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusters;
import java.time.DayOfWeek;

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public class TemporalAdj {

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public static void main(String args[]){
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TemporalAdj.sampleAdj();
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public void sampleAdj(){

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// To display the current date

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LocalDate sampledateA = LocalDate.now();
System.out.println("Current date: " + sampledateA);
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// To display the next Wednesday from current date
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sampledateA.with(TemporalAdjusters.next(DayOfWeek.
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System.out.println("Next Wednesday on : " + nextWednesday);

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// To display the second Sunday of next month

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LocalDate firstInYear =
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getMonth(), 1);
LocalDate secondSunday = firstInYear.with(TemporalAdjusters.

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nextOrSame(DayOfWeek.SUNDAY)).with(TemporalAdjusters.next(DayOfWeek.

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System.out.println("Second Sunday on : " + secondSunday);

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Output:
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Current date: 2016-04-07

Next Wednesday on: 2016-04-13
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Second Sunday on: 2016-04-10

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Date sampleDate = new Date();

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Instant sampleNow = sampleDate.toInstant();
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toInstant()
LocalDateTime.ofInstant(sampleNow, myZone);

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ZonedDateTime zdt =
ZonedDateTime.ofInstant(sampleNow, myZone);

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In the given code, toInstant() method is being added
Instant,
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object.

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import java.time.LocalDateTime;// to initiate local date and time

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import java.time.ZonedDateTime; // to initiate zoned time
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import java.time.Instant;
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public class BWCompatibility {

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public static void main(String args[]){
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System.out.println(" Desired Current date= " + sampleCurDay);
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Desired Current date= Fri May 06 07:32:58 EDT 2016
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 TemporalAdjuster is a functional interface and a key tool for altering a
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