Hi, See commons-lang's DateUtils and DateFormatUtils (http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/lang/apidocs/index.html). Enhancements to these classes should be suggested on the commons-dev mailing list.
Yoav Shapira Millennium Research Informatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Rhino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:16 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: [OT] The Way Java Handles Date > >Good point! Instead of complaining about it, the best way is to come up >with >a better way ourselves. Unless of course we can persuade Sun to do it for >us >;-) > >Mind you, Roedy Green already has a BigDate package (if I remember the name >correctly) and I was starting to think about using it before I finally >figured out the date stuff that I needed to know. Maybe that would meet >your >needs. Personally, I've resisted going that way because I didn't want to >use >something "non-standard" if at all possible. But that's just me. > >As for the tutorial you saw on dates, I'd be curious to know where it is. I >don't remember seeing much of anything about dates in the Java Tutorial but >maybe you mean some other tutorial. I figured out most of what I've learned >about dates from Google posts where people were discussing problems and >that >was not the nicest way to do it. > >Rhino > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Denis Haskin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 3:00 PM >Subject: Re: [OT] The Way Java Handles Date > > >> Why does Sun need to do it? Anyone could do it. Seems like it could be >> a candidate for Jakarta Commons... or is it too trivial? >> >> http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/ >> >> dwh >> >> >> Yansheng Lin wrote: >> >> >As I said, this is a faq. There is already tutorials on Sun's Website. >But the >> >way it works now is kind of counter-intuitive. That's the problem to >new >user. >> >Wouldn't it be nicer if Sun came up with an Wrapper interface that >allows >the >> >user create a Date object with different arguments? >> > >> > >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
