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Provides classes to print and parse dates and times.

Printing and parsing is based around the DateTimeFormatter class. That class contains common formatters and factory methods. The DateTimeFormatterBuilder class is available for advanced and complex use cases.

Localization occurs by calling withLocale(Locale) on the formatter. Further customization is possible using DecimalStyle.

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  1. final class DateTimeBuilder extends TemporalAccessor with Cloneable

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    Builder that can holds date and time fields and related date and time objects.

    Builder that can holds date and time fields and related date and time objects.

    The builder is used to hold onto different elements of date and time. It is designed as two separate maps:

    • from TemporalField to long value, where the value may be outside the valid range for the field
    • from Class to TemporalAccessor, holding larger scale objects like LocalDateTime.
    Specification for implementors

    This class is mutable and not thread-safe. It should only be used from a single thread.

    Creates an empty instance of the builder.

  2. abstract class DateTimeFormatStyleProvider extends AnyRef

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    The Service Provider Interface (SPI) to be implemented by classes providing date-time formatting information.

    The Service Provider Interface (SPI) to be implemented by classes providing date-time formatting information.

    Specification for implementors

    This interface is a service provider that can be called by multiple threads. Implementations must be thread-safe. Implementations should cache the returned formatters.

  3. final class DateTimeFormatter extends AnyRef

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    Formatter for printing and parsing date-time objects.

    Formatter for printing and parsing date-time objects.

    This class provides the main application entry point for printing and parsing. Common instances of DateTimeFormatter are provided:

    • Using pattern letters, such as yyyy-MMM-dd
    • Using localized styles, such as long or medium
    • Using predefined constants, such as #ISO_LOCAL_DATE

    For more complex formatters, a builder is provided.

    In most cases, it is not necessary to use this class directly when formatting. The main date-time classes provide two methods - one for formatting, format(DateTimeFormatter formatter), and one for parsing, For example:

    String text = date.format(formatter);
    LocalDate date = LocalDate.parse(text, formatter);
    
    Some aspects of printing and parsing are dependent on the locale. The locale can be changed using the #withLocale(Locale) method which returns a new formatter in the requested locale.

    Some applications may need to use the older Format class for formatting. The #toFormat() method returns an implementation of the old API.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is immutable and thread-safe.

  4. final class DateTimeFormatterBuilder extends AnyRef

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    Builder to create date-time formatters.

    Builder to create date-time formatters.

    This allows a DateTimeFormatter to be created. All date-time formatters are created ultimately using this builder.

    The basic elements of date-time can all be added:

    • Value - a numeric value
    • Fraction - a fractional value including the decimal place. Always use this when outputting fractions to ensure that the fraction is parsed correctly
    • Text - the textual equivalent for the value
    • OffsetId/Offset - the zone offset
    • ZoneId - the time-zone id
    • ZoneText - the name of the time-zone
    • Literal - a text literal
    • Nested and Optional - formats can be nested or made optional
    • Other - the printer and parser interfaces can be used to add user supplied formatting

    In addition, any of the elements may be decorated by padding, either with spaces or any other character.

    Finally, a shorthand pattern, mostly compatible with java.text.SimpleDateFormat SimpleDateFormat can be used, see #appendPattern(String). In practice, this simply parses the pattern and calls other methods on the builder.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is a mutable builder intended for use from a single thread.

  5. class DateTimeParseException extends DateTimeException

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    An exception thrown when an error occurs during parsing.

    An exception thrown when an error occurs during parsing.

    This exception includes the text being parsed and the error index.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is intended for use in a single thread.

    Constructs a new exception with the specified message and cause.

    Annotations
    @SerialVersionUID()
  6. final class DecimalStyle extends AnyRef

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  7. final class FormatStyle extends Enum[FormatStyle]

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  8. final class ResolverStyle extends Enum[ResolverStyle]

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  9. final class SignStyle extends Enum[SignStyle]

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  10. final class SimpleDateTimeFormatStyleProvider extends DateTimeFormatStyleProvider

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    The Service Provider Implementation to obtain date-time formatters for a style.

    The Service Provider Implementation to obtain date-time formatters for a style.

    This implementation is based on extraction of data from a SimpleDateFormat.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is immutable and thread-safe.

  11. final class TextStyle extends Enum[TextStyle]

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Value Members

  1. object DateTimeFormatter

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  2. object DateTimeFormatterBuilder

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  3. object DecimalStyle

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    Localized symbols used in date and time formatting.

    Localized symbols used in date and time formatting.

    A significant part of dealing with dates and times is the localization. This class acts as a central point for accessing the information.

    Specification for implementors

    This class is immutable and thread-safe.

  4. object FormatStyle extends Serializable

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    Enumeration of the style of a localized date, time or date-time formatter.

    Enumeration of the style of a localized date, time or date-time formatter.

    These styles are used when obtaining a date-time style from configuration. See DateTimeFormatter and DateTimeFormatterBuilder for usage.

    Specification for implementors

    This is an immutable and thread-safe enum.

  5. object ResolverStyle extends Serializable

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    Enumeration of different ways to resolve dates and times.

    Enumeration of different ways to resolve dates and times.

    Parsing a text string occurs in two phases. Phase 1 is a basic text parse according to the fields added to the builder. Phase 2 resolves the parsed field-value pairs into date and/or time objects. This style is used to control how phase 2, resolving, happens.

    Specification for implementors

    This is an immutable and thread-safe enum.

  6. object SignStyle extends Serializable

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    Enumeration of ways to handle the positive/negative sign.

    Enumeration of ways to handle the positive/negative sign.

    The formatting engine allows the positive and negative signs of numbers to be controlled using this enum. See DateTimeFormatterBuilder for usage.

    Specification for implementors

    This is an immutable and thread-safe enum.

  7. object TextStyle extends Serializable

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    Enumeration of the style of text formatting and parsing.

    Enumeration of the style of text formatting and parsing.

    Text styles define three sizes for the formatted text - 'full', 'short' and 'narrow'. Each of these three sizes is available in both 'standard' and 'stand-alone' variations.

    The difference between the three sizes is obvious in most languages. For example, in English the 'full' month is 'January', the 'short' month is 'Jan' and the 'narrow' month is 'J'. Note that the narrow size is often not unique. For example, 'January', 'June' and 'July' all have the 'narrow' text 'J'.

    The difference between the 'standard' and 'stand-alone' forms is trickier to describe as there is no difference in English. However, in other languages there is a difference in the word used when the text is used alone, as opposed to in a complete date. For example, the word used for a month when used alone in a date picker is different to the word used for month in association with a day and year in a date.

    Specification for implementors

    This is immutable and thread-safe enum.

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