Re: RFR: 8377979: Add new methods to X509Certificate to return Instant instead of Date

[Sean Mullan]

On Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:22:08 GMT, Mikhail Yankelevich <myankelev...@openjdk.org> 
wrote:

> Adding new methods to `X509Certificate` to return `Instant` instead of `Date` 
> as well as moving away from `Date` in internal packages wherever possible.

src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/cert/X509Certificate.java line 181:

> 179:      *
> 180:      * @implSpec
> 181:      * The default implementation converts an inputted {@code Instant} to

Nit:

s/an inputted/the specified/

src/java.base/share/classes/java/security/cert/X509Certificate.java line 355:

> 353: 
> 354:     /**
> 355:      * Gets the {@code notBefore} date from the validity period of

Suggest inserting "as an instant" after "date".

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30047#discussion_r2931548068
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/30047#discussion_r2931605236