On Fri, 2004-04-02 at 17:47, Yansheng Lin wrote: > Hi, Just wondering if anyone found this aspect of Java annoying. I know this is > usually a faq, and a lot of people have put a lot of efforts making it better. > But I just find that the learning curve is a bit too steep for new comers. And > it hasn't been improve in j2sdk-1.5 either, at least from the interface point of > view. For example, a developer still has to go through the whole Calendar and > DateFormat process to get a Date from a String....
yeah, it's a pain, took me a while to get what I wanted (especially to get the right locale)... but java.sql.Date can be a nice shortcut if you're not fussy about presentation! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
