I agree. I found date manipulation a real pain when I first started using them.
On the other hand, I know how to work with them now and I'm not prepared to write anything better than the existing Java date/calendar classes so I can live with it now. I think a short tutorial is probably the best answer for explaining this to people who are new to date manipulation in Java but I'm too busy with other things to write one myself, at least for the next few weeks. Maybe you could write a tutorial as you learn what you need to know? Rhino ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yansheng Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 11:47 AM Subject: [OT] The Way Java Handles Date Hi, Just wondering if anyone found this aspect of Java annoying. I know this is usually a faq, and a lot of people have put a lot of efforts making it better. But I just find that the learning curve is a bit too steep for new comers. And it hasn't been improve in j2sdk-1.5 either, at least from the interface point of view. For example, a developer still has to go through the whole Calendar and DateFormat process to get a Date from a String.... I feel like complaining today:). -yan --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
