Before the start of time-zones, Joda-Time uses the local mean time (as
defined by the timezone database). The JDK doesn't. This results in
the unusual 2 minute difference.
Stephen
On 3 June 2010 18:11, Mark McLaren <mark.mcla...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I noticed a curious behaviour when Oracle passed me a date in the year
> "0000" from which I only wanted the time. The odd thing is the time
> seems to lose two minutes when translated to a Joda DateTime. I can
> replicate the issue in pure Java.
>
> What is going on here? (e.g. 10:50 becomes 10:48??)
>
> GregorianCalendar c = new GregorianCalendar(0000,0,1,10,50);
> System.out.println(c.getTime());
> DateTime d = new DateTime(c);
> System.out.println(d);
> DateTimeFormatter timeformatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("k:mm");
> System.out.println(timeformatter.print(d));
>
> produces:
>
> Thu Jan 01 10:50:00 GMT 1
> -0001-01-01T10:48:45.000-00:01:15
> 10:48
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Mark
>
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