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Java 8 Date Time API

What ailed Date and Time handling in Java?

The existing java.util.Date and SimpleDateFormat are mutable and not thread-safe, more often than not, leading to concurrency issues for users. Having to deal with this overhead is not welcoming for novice developers. Inconsistent API (months starting at 1 while days start at 0), no ability to handle Time alone, no utilities like plus/minus dates lead to…