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Provides classes to print and parse dates and times.
Printing and parsing is based around the
DateTimeFormatter
class.
Instances are generally obtained from
DateTimeFormatter
, however
DateTimeFormatterBuilder
can be used if more power is needed.
Localization occurs by calling
withLocale(Locale)
on the formatter. Further customization is possible using
DecimalStyle
.
Package specification
Unless otherwise noted, passing a null argument to a constructor or method in any class or interface
in this package will cause a NullPointerException
to be thrown.
The Javadoc "@param" definition is used to summarise the null-behavior.
The "@throws NullPointerException
" is not explicitly documented in each method.
All calculations should check for numeric overflow and throw either an ArithmeticException
or a DateTimeException
.
Classes
Enums
FormatStyle |
Enumeration of the style of a localized date, time or date-time formatter.
|
ResolverStyle |
Enumeration of different ways to resolve dates and times.
|
SignStyle |
Enumeration of ways to handle the positive/negative sign.
|
TextStyle |
Enumeration of the style of text formatting and parsing.
|
Exceptions
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Last updated 2025-02-10 UTC.
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