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Re:JDK 8 Release Notes by kevinpet on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @03:16PM (#7424287)
jdk8 completely breaks the entire value we get out of using joda-time, namely, that instants are unambiguous. It actually recommends using time and date without time zone.
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Re:JDK 8 Release Notes by grimlck on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:24PM (#7424758)
It doesnt recommends using time and date without time zone, it recommends using the right class for the right job. And sometimes the right class doesnt include a timezone

Suppose you have a webpage asking users for their birth date. What data type do you store that value in? Hint: You aren't going to prompt the user for the time zone they were born in.

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Re:JDK 8 Release Notes by portmanteaufu on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @03:51PM (#7424539)
Could you elaborate on this? I thought that JSR-310 and Jodatime were supposed to be nearly identical. Why would they introduce such a regression?
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Re:JDK 8 Release Notes by strictfp on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:26PM (#7424768)
They thought they could improve on Joda Time while at it. It's java.util.logging all over again (sadly).
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Re:JDK 8 Release Notes by fournm on Tuesday March 18, 2014 @04:43PM (#7424846)
They in this case happens to be the original author of Joda Time.
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