People suggest using Date class is deprecated, then for handling Date which class should be used???

[jacob deiter]

People suggest using Date class is deprecated, then for handling Date which class should be used???

[Rob Spoor]

People who say this are Joda Time users.

Date (and Calendar) are not deprecated at all, but some say that Joda Time is easier to use. I can't confirm since Date and Calendar have always done what I needed.

[Campbell Ritchie]

The java.util.Date class has a deprecated constructor. That must be what they mean.

[Rob Spoor]

Ah yes, and almost all of its getter / setter methods are deprecated. Calendar should be used for that. So not

int year = myDate.Year();

but

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(myDate);
int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);

Also, not

myDate.setYear(2007);

but

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(myDate);
calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, 2007);
myDate = calendar.getTime();
// or myDate.setTime(calendar.getTimeInMillis());

[David Newton]

Us JodaTime users don't say they're deprecated, just that they're heinous ;)

[Campbell Ritchie]

David Newton wrote:Us JodaTime users don't say they're deprecated, just that they're heinous ;)

Probably a more accurate quote :wink: