Comments on: 20.weeks.ago vs. java.util.Calendar

By: jim

jim — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:34:36 +0000

I am unable to find any feature that joda time has that java Date + java Calendar (+ a couple of Util classes easily obtainable) have. Personally, most of the complaints I see about java Date (and associated Calendar) are API related complaints (having to do with complexity (or perceived complexity) of the classes) and not with correctness.
I am unable to find in the internet a ** single bug ** in the java Date + Time implementations that justifies joda.
Now, what I AM worried about is just who are the people who implement Joda and why should I trust a rather complex date/Calendar logic to a bunch of volunteers?

By: mark

mark — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 09:39:08 +0000

Java Calendar Component:
http://www.yaodownload.com/software-development/components-libraries/java-calendar/

By: Al Koscielny

Al Koscielny — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 12:34:37 +0000

See “Using the Ruby Development Tools plug-in for Eclipse” at http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-rubyeclipse/?ca=dgr-lnxw01Ruby4Eclipse

A URL for the plugin is http://sourceforge.net/projects/rubyeclipse.

By: Ron

Ron — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 19:24:46 +0000

Is there a ruby ide that can tell you all these things while you are typing?

Now that I’ve gone eclipse, I cannot go back.

By: Guillaume Laforge

Guillaume Laforge — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 18:04:53 +0000

Hey, this is cool!
That’d be a worthy addition to Groovy since we can do the same cool tricks ;-)
You should add a JIRA ticket about that!

By: Thomas Heller

Thomas Heller — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 17:54:15 +0000

Just be careful where/when you use such syntax sugar. 3.month.from_now for example equals 90 days from now not exactly 3 month. I agree that such little helpers are fun to use but when it comes to date manipulation the-hard-way (timezones, conversions, etc) you really wish for java.util.Calendar cause its actually good at it. Joda is also really good (even better actually).

By: Nadeem

Nadeem — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 16:59:17 +0000

You can do similar things with Joda in Java.