+1 (non-binding) I am using the joda-time package myself. Except for the datepicker I have written al date components/date converters myself using this package because it gives me so much more options without any bashing or hacking.
It is so easy to use the timezone and Local support that is build in. There are many more features and functions I haven't even found the time to explore yet. So you have my vote !!! Eelco Hillenius wrote: > > Hi all, > > For those who don't know, Joda Time: http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/ > is a *much* better replacement of the Java date and time APIs it many > ways (see their 'why Joda time section'). Also, Joda time will be the > basis of JSR 310 (http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=310). > > Date/ time handling wouldn't normally be part of Wicket's > responsibility, wouldn't it be the fact that our date related > components suffer from the JDKs API being bad. I wrote some components > and a converter based on Joda time that work better than the current > ones we have. The most important feature of those components is that > they take the client's time zone into account. I've tried to write > them against the normal date/time API, but got so sick of battling it > that I gave up. And as soon as I adopted Joda time (which we were > already using for our project), it worked superb! > > My proposal is to include Joda time as a dependency of the wicket core > project. I know *any* extra dependency raises eyebrows and I feel > great about Wicket hardly having any dependencies at the moment. > However, I feel this library is so good and could improve our core > components and converters so much that it is worth having the extra > dependency. > > Joda time is a maven 2 project, is Apache 2.0 licensed, and version > 1.4 is 512KB. > > Your thoughts/ votes? > > Eelco > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/VOTE%3A-add-Joda-time-as-a-dependency-tf3163601.html#a8778436 Sent from the Wicket - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
