I'd say go with Joda now, as it's already in ERJars anyway, so there's no 
dependency to add. Even if Java 8 appears in 2013, it will still be a long time 
until we can make Java 8 a requirement to use Wonder for everybody.


Am 16.11.2012 um 20:28 schrieb Johann Werner <[email protected]>:

> Then perhaps we should make an ERXDateTimeFormatter that encapsulates a 
> SimpleDateFormat object now and later on we can replace it with something 
> from Joda/Java 8+/… without changing the outer class / API.
> 
> 
> Am 16.11.2012 um 18:11 schrieb Chuck Hill <[email protected]>:
> 
>> Easiest migration would be a SimpleDateFormat that was extended or wrapped 
>> to understand the NSTimestampFromatter symbols.  Or perhaps the same for 
>> DateTimeFormatter from Joda Time?  I am not sure if we should stick with 
>> core Java classes for the core functionality, or go for fancy with Joda and 
>> add a dependancy.
>> 
>> 
>> Chuck
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2012-11-16, at 1:17 AM, Johann Werner wrote:
>> 
>>> That's true but it is probably good to move to something "supported" as 
>>> Apple must have had a good reason to deprecate that class. The community 
>>> will have to decide which class should take its succession though:
>>> 
>>> SimpleDateFormat from standard Java (not thread safe)
>>> FastDateFormat from commons-lang (only formatting, no parsing!)
>>> DateTimeFormatter from Joda Time
>>> ERXTimestampFormatter from Wonder (boo, it's a wolf in sheep's clothing as 
>>> it is a subclass of NSTimestampFromatter ;-) )
>>> ERXOneMoreThing (to be written by…?)
>>> …
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Am 16.11.2012 um 10:01 schrieb Maik Musall <[email protected]>:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Am 16.11.2012 um 07:57 schrieb Johann Werner <[email protected]>:
>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> That should probably be changed to SimpleDateFormat strings as 
>>>>> NSTimestampFormatter understands those too and is deprecated.
>>>> 
>>>> You mean, as in: won't be supported in a future release of WebObjects? ;~)
>>>> 
>>>> Maik
>>>> 
>>>> (I'm with you on this, of course)
>>> 
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