Java tutorial
import java.time.Clock; import java.time.LocalDate; import java.time.LocalDateTime; import java.time.LocalTime; import java.time.Month; import java.time.ZoneId; public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // the current date LocalDate currentDate = LocalDate.now(); // 2014-02-10 LocalDate tenthFeb2014 = LocalDate.of(2014, Month.FEBRUARY, 10); // months values start at 1 (2014-08-01) LocalDate firstAug2014 = LocalDate.of(2014, 8, 1); // the 65th day of 2010 (2010-03-06) LocalDate sixtyFifthDayOf2010 = LocalDate.ofYearDay(2010, 65); // times, e.g. 19:12:30.733 LocalTime currentTime = LocalTime.now(); // current time LocalTime midday = LocalTime.of(12, 0); // 12:00 LocalTime afterMidday = LocalTime.of(13, 30, 15); // 13:30:15 // 12345th second of day (03:25:45) LocalTime fromSecondsOfDay = LocalTime.ofSecondOfDay(12345); // dates with times, e.g. 2014-02-18T19:08:37.950 LocalDateTime currentDateTime = LocalDateTime.now(); // 2014-10-02 12:30 LocalDateTime secondAug2014 = LocalDateTime.of(2014, 10, 2, 12, 30); // 2014-12-24 12:00 LocalDateTime christmas2014 = LocalDateTime.of(2014, Month.DECEMBER, 24, 12, 0); // current (local) time in Los Angeles LocalTime currentTimeInLosAngeles = LocalTime.now(ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles")); // current time in UTC time zone LocalTime nowInUtc = LocalTime.now(Clock.systemUTC()); System.out.println("date/time creation: currentDate: " + currentDate); System.out.println("date/time creation: tenthFeb2014: " + tenthFeb2014); System.out.println("date/time creation: firstAug2014: " + firstAug2014); System.out.println("date/time creation: sixtyFifthDayOf2010: " + sixtyFifthDayOf2010); System.out.println("date/time creation: currentTime: " + currentTime); System.out.println("date/time creation: midday: " + midday); System.out.println("date/time creation: afterMidday: " + afterMidday); System.out.println("date/time creation: fromSecondsOfDay: " + fromSecondsOfDay); System.out.println("date/time creation: currentTimeInLosAngeles: " + currentTimeInLosAngeles); System.out.println("date/time creation: currentDateTime: " + currentDateTime); System.out.println("date/time creation: secondAug2014: " + secondAug2014); System.out.println("date/time creation: christmas2014: " + christmas2014); } }