Look at these resources for some indirect answers: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2901262/why-were-most-java-util-date-methods-deprecated http://groovycookbook.org/basic_types/dates_times_jsr310/
On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 9:14 AM, James Northrop <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jerry > never used eclipse myself as i find it tough to figure out if issues are > actually code related or just a flaky IDE. > > what happens when you try dates in the groovyConsole or as a script ? i tend > to use the groovyConsole as it (almost) always gives me code i can paste > into the final product. > > if i feel really grumpy, this annotation helps: @SuppressWarnings( > "deprecation" ) > > also i only use ISO dates and just convert back&forth but rarely use local > date approach. almost worth roll your own Date class for future stuff. > > Have a GR8 day ! > thx > jim > > > On Jan 10, 2016, at 5:41 AM, Gerald Wiltse wrote: > > I'm sure this is old topic, but I can't find clear answer. IT's about > Date(), but i suppose it's true for anything "Java" which Groovy has > decorated. > > Apparently, Java Date() is ancient, disliked, and now a bunch of the > fundamental Java Date() stuff is all "deprecated". Fortunately, Groovys new > Date().parse(string,string) constructor still works for me. But, everything > I try to do with my date object now says deprectated. It gives me all the > good code completion, and shows that it's suggesting Groovy methods, but > when I implement it puts a strikethrough, and says of course... > > setYear > > @Deprecated > public void setYear(int year) > > Deprecated. As of JDK version 1.1, replaced by Calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, > year + 1900). > > 1. I want to color inside the lines, so should I move toward using all > Calendar objects and methods and completely avoid using Date() on new > projects? It's no problem, I just don't see that clearly stated anywhere in > the Groovy docs. > > 2. OR... are Groovy date methods alive and well and somehow I can tell > eclipse to stop associated with the old Java classes when Groovy ones are > present? > > If this is an eclipse only issue, then I'm sorry. > > Thanks again! > > Regards, > Jerry > > > Gerald R. Wiltse > [email protected] > >
