Limitations of Old Date/Time API
Understand the main limitations of the old Java Date and Time API, including issues like lack of thread safety, mutable objects, and confusing month indexing. This lesson explains why these problems prompted the introduction of the new Java 8 Date and Time API for more accurate and reliable date-time management.
We'll cover the following...
We'll cover the following...
Java 8 introduced a new Date and Time API, also known as JSR-310 under the java.time package.
It is a very rich API for working with dates and times. Before we look at the features it provides, we should discuss the limitations of the old API.