Advanced Java Programming

Topic: Date Time API

Contents
 Objective of DateTime API
 LocalDate
 LocalTime
 LocalDateTime
 Instant
 Period
 Duration
 Time zones
 Objectives of DateTime API

 Creating and manage date-based events, Creating and manage

time-based events.
 Combining date and time into a single object.
 Working with dates and times across time zones.
 Managing changes resulting from daylight savings.
 Defining and create timestamps, periods and durations.
 Applying formatting to local and zoned dates and times
LocalDate Class
 Working with LocalDate
 LocalDate is a class that holds an event date: a birth date,
anniversary, meeting date and so on.
 A date is label for a day.
 LocalDate uses ISO calendar by default.
 LocalDate does not uses time so its portable across time zones.
 LocalDate, LocalTime and LocalDateTime

 They are local in the sense that they represent date and time
from the context of one observer, in contrast to time zones.
 All the core classes in the new API are constructed by
factory methods.
 When constructing a value through its fields, the factory is
called of.
 There are also parse methods that take strings as parameters:
 LocalDate
Methods
 public static LocalDate now()
 public static LocalDate now(ZoneID id)

 public static LocalDate of(int year, Month month, int

dayOfMonth)
 public static LocalDate of(int year, int month, int dayOfMonth)
 public static LocalDate ofEpochDay(long epochDay)

 public static LocalDate parse(CharSequence text)

 LocalDate
Methods
 public int getYear()
 public int getMonthValue()
 public Month getMonth()
 public int getDayOfMonth()
 public int getDayOfYear()
 public DayOfWeek getDayOfWeek()
 public boolean isLeapYear()
 public boolean isAfter(ChronoLocalDate other)
 public boolean isBefore(ChronoLocalDate other)
 public boolean isEqual(ChronoLocalDate other)
 Let’s Do It
WAP to perform following activities on the date enter by user in
format : YYYY-MM-DD
 Is it in future or past?
 Is it in a leap year?
 What day of the week is it?
 What is the day a month from now?
 What is the date on next Tuesday?
LocalTime Class
 LocalTime
 LocalTime stores the time within a day
 Measured from midnight
 Based on a 24-hour clock (13:30 is 1:30 PM.)
 LocalTime
Methods
 public static LocalTime now()
 public static LocalTime now(ZoneId zone)
 public static LocalTime of(int hour, int minute)
 public static LocalTime of(int hour, int minute, int second)
 public static LocalTime of(int hour, int minute, int second, int
nanoOfSecond)
 public static LocalTime parse(CharSequence text)
 LocalTime
Methods
 public int getHour()
 public int getMinute()
 public int getSecond()
 public int getNano()
 Let’s Do It
WAP to perform following activities on the Time enter by user in
format: HH:MM:SS
 When is my lunch time?
 Is lunch time in the future or past?
 What is the time 1 hour 15 minutes from now?
 How many minutes until lunch time?
 How many hours until bedtime?

Train departs Boston at 1:45PM and arrives New York 7:25PM

 How many minutes long is the train ride?
 If the train was delayed 1 hour 19 minutes, what is the actual
arrival time?
LocalDateTime Class
 LocalDateTime
 LocalDateTime is a combination of LocalDate and LocalTime

 LocalDateTime is useful for narrowing events.

 LocalDateTime
Methods
 public static LocalDateTime now()
 public static LocalDateTime of(int year, Month month, int
dayOfMonth, int hour, int minute)
 public static LocalDateTime of(int year, Month month, int
dayOfMonth, int hour, int minute, int second)
 public static LocalDateTime of(LocalDate date, LocalTime
time)
 public static LocalDateTime parse(CharSequence text)
 LocalDateTime
Methods
 public int getYear()

 public LocalDateTime withYear(int year)

 public LocalDateTime plusYears(long years)

 public LocalDateTime minusYears(long years)

 Let’s Do It
 A company XYZ have fixed the meeting with company ABC
on 15th December 2016 at 14:00 o’clock. WAP to answer
following queries:
 When is the meeting with corporate?
 When does my flight leave?
 If I move the meeting to Friday, What is the date?

 A training institute is going to start its new batch for Android

training for 15 days on 25th November 2016. WAP to answer
following queries:
 When does the course start?
 If the course start at 9 AM on Monday and ends at 5 PM on Friday,
how many hours am I in class.
 DateTimeFormatter
 DateTimeFormatter produces formatted date/times Using
predefined constants, patterns letters, or a localized style

Methods:
 public static DateTimeFormatter ofPattern(String pattern)
 public static DateTimeFormatter ofLocalizedDate(FormatStyle
dateStyle)
 DateTimeFormatter
Pattern Symbols
 Symbol Meaning Presentation Examples
 M/L month-of-year number/text 7; 07; Jul; July; J
 d day-of-month number 10
 y year-of-era year 2004; 04
 H hour-of-day (0-23) number 0
 m minute-of-hour number 30
 s second-of-minute number 55
 S fraction-of-second fraction 978
 E day-of-week text Tue; Tuesday;
 V time-zone ID zone-id America/Los_Angeles;
Z; -08:30
 a am-pm-of-day text PM
 DateTimeFormatter
Constants:
 public static final DateTimeFormatter ISO_LOCAL_DATE;
 public static final DateTimeFormatter ISO_ORDINAL_DATE;
 DateTimeFormatter
ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE;
System.out.println(now.format(formatter));

formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_ORDINAL_DATE;
System.out.println(now.format(formatter));

formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("EEEE, MMMM dd, yyyy G,

hh:mm a VV");
System.out.println(now.format(formatter));
 DateTimeFormatter
 DateTimeFormatter uses the FormatStyle enumeration to
determine how the data is formatted.

 FormatStyle values:
 SHORT
 MEDIUM
 LONG
 FULL
 DateTimeFormatter
ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now();
DateTimeFormatter formatter =
DateTimeFormatter.ofLocalizedDateTime(FormatStyle.MEDIUM);
System.out.println(now.format(formatter));