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  • package time

    The main API for dates, times, instants, and durations.

    The main API for dates, times, instants, and durations.

    The classes defined here represent the principal date-time concepts, including instants, durations, dates, times, time-zones and periods. They are based on the ISO calendar system, which is the de facto world calendar following the proleptic Gregorian rules. All the classes are immutable and thread-safe.

    Each date time instance is composed of fields that are conveniently made available by the APIs. For lower level access to the fields refer to the org.threeten.bp.temporal package. Each class includes support for printing and parsing all manner of dates and times. Refer to the org.threeten.bp.format package for customization options.

    The org.threeten.bp.chrono package contains the calendar neutral API. This is intended for use by applications that need to use localized calendars. It is recommended that applications use the ISO-8601 dates and time classes from this package across system boundaries, such as to the database or across the network. The calendar neutral API should be reserved for interactions with users.

    Dates and Times

    org.threeten.bp.Instant is essentially a numeric timestamp. The current Instant can be retrieved from a org.threeten.bp.Clock. This is useful for logging and persistence of a point in time and has in the past been associated with storing the result from java.lang.System#currentTimeMillis().

    org.threeten.bp.LocalDate stores a date without a time. This stores a date like '2010-12-03' and could be used to store a birthday.

    org.threeten.bp.LocalTime stores a time without a date. This stores a time like '11:30' and could be used to store an opening or closing time.

    org.threeten.bp.LocalDateTime stores a date and time. This stores a date-time like '2010-12-03T11:30'.

    org.threeten.bp.OffsetTime stores a time and offset from UTC without a date. This stores a date like '11:30+01:00'. The ZoneOffset is of the form '+01:00'.

    org.threeten.bp.OffsetDateTime stores a date and time and offset from UTC. This stores a date-time like '2010-12-03T11:30+01:00'. This is sometimes found in XML messages and other forms of persistence, but contains less information than a full time-zone.

    org.threeten.bp.ZonedDateTime stores a date and time with a time-zone. This is useful if you want to perform accurate calculations of dates and times taking into account the org.threeten.bp.ZoneId, such as 'Europe/Paris'. Where possible, it is recommended to use a simpler class. The widespread use of time-zones tends to add considerable complexity to an application.

    Duration and Period

    Beyond dates and times, the API also allows the storage of period and durations of time. A org.threeten.bp.Duration is a simple measure of time along the time-line in nanoseconds. A org.threeten.bp.Period expresses an amount of time in units meaningful to humans, such as years or hours.

    Additional value types

    org.threeten.bp.Year stores a year on its own. This stores a single year in isolation, such as '2010'.

    org.threeten.bp.YearMonth stores a year and month without a day or time. This stores a year and month, such as '2010-12' and could be used for a credit card expiry.

    org.threeten.bp.MonthDay stores a month and day without a year or time. This stores a month and day-of-month, such as '--12-03' and could be used to store an annual event like a birthday without storing the year.

    org.threeten.bp.Month stores a month on its own. This stores a single month-of-year in isolation, such as 'DECEMBER'.

    org.threeten.bp.DayOfWeek stores a day-of-week on its own. This stores a single day-of-week in isolation, such as 'TUESDAY'.

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  • package chrono

    Support for calendar systems other than the default ISO.

    Support for calendar systems other than the default ISO.

    The main API is based around the calendar system defined in ISO-8601. This package provides support for alternate systems.

    The supported calendar systems includes:

    -Hijrah calendar -Japanese calendar -Minguo calendar -Thai Buddhist calendar

    It is intended that applications use the main API whenever possible, including code to read and write from a persistent data store, such as a database, and to send dates and times across a network. This package is then used at the user interface level to deal with localized input/output. See ChronoLocalDate for a full discussion of the issues.

    Example

    This example creates and uses a date in a non-ISO calendar system.

            // Print the Thai Buddhist date
        ChronoLocalDate now1 = ThaiBuddhistChronology.INSTANCE.now();
        int day = now1.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH);
        int dow = now1.get(ChronoField.DAY_OF_WEEK);
        int month = now1.get(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR);
        int year = now1.get(ChronoField.YEAR);
        System.out.printf("  Today is %s %s %d-%s-%d%n", now1.getChronology().getId(),
                dow, day, month, year);

        // Enumerate the list of available calendars and print today for each
        Set<String> names = Chronology.getAvailableIds();
        for (String name : names) {
            Chronology<?> chrono = Chronology.of(name);
            ChronoLocalDate<?> date = chrono.now();
            System.out.printf("   %20s: %s%n", chrono.getId(), date.toString());
        }

        // Print today's date and the last day of the year for the Thai Buddhist Calendar.
        ChronoLocalDate first = now1
                .with(ChronoField.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1)
                .with(ChronoField.MONTH_OF_YEAR, 1);
        ChronoLocalDate last = first
                .plus(1, ChronoUnit.YEARS)
                .minus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS);
        System.out.printf("  %s: 1st of year: %s; end of year: %s%n", last.getChronology().getId(),
                first, last);

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  • package format

    Provides classes to print and parse dates and times.

    Provides classes to print and parse dates and times.

    Printing and parsing is based around the DateTimeFormatter class. That class contains common formatters and factory methods. The DateTimeFormatterBuilder class is available for advanced and complex use cases.

    Localization occurs by calling withLocale(Locale) on the formatter. Further customization is possible using DecimalStyle.

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  • DateTimeBuilder
  • DateTimeFormatStyleProvider
  • DateTimeFormatter
  • DateTimeFormatterBuilder
  • DateTimeParseException
  • DecimalStyle
  • FormatStyle
  • ResolverStyle
  • SignStyle
  • SimpleDateTimeFormatStyleProvider
  • TextStyle
  • package temporal

    Access to date and time using fields and units.

    Access to date and time using fields and units.

    This package expands on the base package to provide additional functionality for more powerful use cases. Support is included for:

    • Units of date-time, such as years, months, days and hours
    • Fields of date-time, such as month-of-year, day-of-week or hour-of-day
    • Date-time adjustment functions
    • Different definitions of weeks

    Fields and Units

    Dates and times are expressed in terms of fields and units. A unit is used to measure an amount of time, such as years, days or minutes. All units implement org.threeten.bp.temporal.TemporalUnit. The set of well known units is defined in org.threeten.bp.temporal.ChronoUnit, for example, org.threeten.bp.temporal.ChronoUnit#DAYS. The unit interface is designed to allow applications to add their own units.

    A field is used to express part of a larger date-time, such as year, month-of-year or second-of-minute. All fields implement org.threeten.bp.temporal.TemporalField. The set of well known fields are defined in org.threeten.bp.temporal.ChronoField, for example, org.threeten.bp.temporal.ChronoField#HOUR_OF_DAY. An additional fields are defined by org.threeten.bp.temporal.JulianFields. The field interface is designed to allow applications to add their own fields.

    This package provides tools that allow the units and fields of date and time to be accessed in a general way most suited for frameworks. org.threeten.bp.temporal.Temporal provides the abstraction for date time types that support fields. Its methods support getting the value of a field, creating a new date time with the value of a field modified, and extracting another date time type, typically used to extract the offset or time-zone.

    One use of fields in application code is to retrieve fields for which there is no convenience method. For example, getting the day-of-month is common enough that there is a method on LocalDate called getDayOfMonth(). However for more unusual fields it is necessary to use the field. For example, date.get(ChronoField.ALIGNED_WEEK_OF_MONTH). The fields also provide access to the range of valid values.

    Adjustment

    A key part of the date-time problem space is adjusting a date to a new, related value, such as the "last day of the month", or "next Wednesday". These are modeled as functions that adjust a base date-time. The functions implement org.threeten.bp.temporal.TemporalAdjuster and operate on org.threeten.bp.temporal.Temporal. A set of common functions are provided in org.threeten.bp.temporal.TemporalAdjusters. For example, to find the first occurrence of a day-of-week after a given date, use org.threeten.bp.temporal.TemporalAdjusters#next(DayOfWeek), such as date.with(next(MONDAY)).

    Weeks

    Different locales have different definitions of the week. For example, in Europe the week typically starts on a Monday, while in the US it starts on a Sunday. The org.threeten.bp.temporal.WeekFields class models this distinction.

    The ISO calendar system defines an additional week-based division of years. This defines a year based on whole Monday to Monday weeks. This is modeled in org.threeten.bp.temporal.IsoFields.

    Definition Classes
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  • package zone

    Support for time-zones and their rules.

    Support for time-zones and their rules.

    Daylight Saving Time and Time-Zones are concepts used by Governments to alter local time. This package provides support for time-zones, their rules and the resulting gaps and overlaps in the local time-line typically caused by Daylight Saving Time.

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package format

Provides classes to print and parse dates and times.

Printing and parsing is based around the DateTimeFormatter class. That class contains common formatters and factory methods. The DateTimeFormatterBuilder class is available for advanced and complex use cases.

Localization occurs by calling withLocale(Locale) on the formatter. Further customization is possible using DecimalStyle.

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  1. final class DateTimeBuilder extends TemporalAccessor with Cloneable

    Builder that can holds date and time fields and related date and time objects.

    Builder that can holds date and time fields and related date and time objects.

    The builder is used to hold onto different elements of date and time. It is designed as two separate maps:

    • from TemporalField to long value, where the value may be outside the valid range for the field
    • from Class to TemporalAccessor, holding larger scale objects like LocalDateTime.
    Specification for implementors

    This class is mutable and not thread-safe. It should only be used from a single thread.

    Creates an empty instance of the builder.

  2. abstract class DateTimeFormatStyleProvider extends AnyRef

    The Service Provider Interface (SPI) to be implemented by classes providing date-time formatting information.

    The Service Provider Interface (SPI) to be implemented by classes providing date-time formatting information.

    Specification for implementors

    This interface is a service provider that can be called by multiple threads. Implementations must be thread-safe. Implementations should cache the returned formatters.

  3. final class DateTimeFormatter extends AnyRef

    Formatter for printing and parsing date-time objects.

    Formatter for printing and parsing date-time objects.

    This class provides the main application entry point for printing and parsing. Common instances of DateTimeFormatter are provided:

    • Using pattern letters, such as yyyy-MMM-dd
    • Using localized styles, such as long or medium
    • Using predefined constants, such as #ISO_LOCAL_DATE

    For more complex formatters, a builder is provided.

    In most cases, it is not necessary to use this class directly when formatting. The main date-time classes provide two methods - one for formatting, format(DateTimeFormatter formatter), and one for parsing, For example: 

    String text = date.format(formatter);
LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse(text, formatter);
    Some aspects of printing and parsing are dependent on the locale. The locale can be changed using the #withLocale(Locale) method which returns a new formatter in the requested locale.

    Some applications may need to use the older Format class for formatting. The #toFormat() method returns an implementation of the old API.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is immutable and thread-safe.

  4. final class DateTimeFormatterBuilder extends AnyRef

    Builder to create date-time formatters.

    Builder to create date-time formatters.

    This allows a DateTimeFormatter to be created. All date-time formatters are created ultimately using this builder.

    The basic elements of date-time can all be added:

    • Value - a numeric value
    • Fraction - a fractional value including the decimal place. Always use this when outputting fractions to ensure that the fraction is parsed correctly
    • Text - the textual equivalent for the value
    • OffsetId/Offset - the zone offset
    • ZoneId - the time-zone id
    • ZoneText - the name of the time-zone
    • Literal - a text literal
    • Nested and Optional - formats can be nested or made optional
    • Other - the printer and parser interfaces can be used to add user supplied formatting

    In addition, any of the elements may be decorated by padding, either with spaces or any other character.

    Finally, a shorthand pattern, mostly compatible with java.text.SimpleDateFormat SimpleDateFormat can be used, see #appendPattern(String). In practice, this simply parses the pattern and calls other methods on the builder.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is a mutable builder intended for use from a single thread.

  5. class DateTimeParseException extends DateTimeException

    An exception thrown when an error occurs during parsing.

    An exception thrown when an error occurs during parsing.

    This exception includes the text being parsed and the error index.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is intended for use in a single thread.

    Constructs a new exception with the specified message and cause.

    Annotations
    @SerialVersionUID()
  6. final class DecimalStyle extends AnyRef

  7. final class FormatStyle extends Enum[FormatStyle]
  8. final class ResolverStyle extends Enum[ResolverStyle]
  9. final class SignStyle extends Enum[SignStyle]
  10. final class SimpleDateTimeFormatStyleProvider extends DateTimeFormatStyleProvider

    The Service Provider Implementation to obtain date-time formatters for a style.

    The Service Provider Implementation to obtain date-time formatters for a style.

    This implementation is based on extraction of data from a SimpleDateFormat.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is immutable and thread-safe.

  11. final class TextStyle extends Enum[TextStyle]

Value Members

  1. object DateTimeFormatter
  2. object DateTimeFormatterBuilder
  3. object DecimalStyle

    Localized symbols used in date and time formatting.

    Localized symbols used in date and time formatting.

    A significant part of dealing with dates and times is the localization. This class acts as a central point for accessing the information.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is immutable and thread-safe.

  4. object FormatStyle extends Serializable

    Enumeration of the style of a localized date, time or date-time formatter.

    Enumeration of the style of a localized date, time or date-time formatter.

    These styles are used when obtaining a date-time style from configuration. See DateTimeFormatter and DateTimeFormatterBuilder for usage.

    Specification for implementors

    This is an immutable and thread-safe enum.

  5. object ResolverStyle extends Serializable

    Enumeration of different ways to resolve dates and times.

    Enumeration of different ways to resolve dates and times.

    Parsing a text string occurs in two phases. Phase 1 is a basic text parse according to the fields added to the builder. Phase 2 resolves the parsed field-value pairs into date and/or time objects. This style is used to control how phase 2, resolving, happens.

    Specification for implementors

    This is an immutable and thread-safe enum.

  6. object SignStyle extends Serializable

    Enumeration of ways to handle the positive/negative sign.

    Enumeration of ways to handle the positive/negative sign.

    The formatting engine allows the positive and negative signs of numbers to be controlled using this enum. See DateTimeFormatterBuilder for usage.

    Specification for implementors

    This is an immutable and thread-safe enum.

  7. object TextStyle extends Serializable

    Enumeration of the style of text formatting and parsing.

    Enumeration of the style of text formatting and parsing.

    Text styles define three sizes for the formatted text - 'full', 'short' and 'narrow'. Each of these three sizes is available in both 'standard' and 'stand-alone' variations.

    The difference between the three sizes is obvious in most languages. For example, in English the 'full' month is 'January', the 'short' month is 'Jan' and the 'narrow' month is 'J'. Note that the narrow size is often not unique. For example, 'January', 'June' and 'July' all have the 'narrow' text 'J'.

    The difference between the 'standard' and 'stand-alone' forms is trickier to describe as there is no difference in English. However, in other languages there is a difference in the word used when the text is used alone, as opposed to in a complete date. For example, the word used for a month when used alone in a date picker is different to the word used for month in association with a day and year in a date.

    Specification for implementors

    This is immutable and thread-safe enum.

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