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Joda-Time

Joda-Time proper noun: a widely used date and time processing library.

Proper noun

Joda-Time

  1. A widely used date and time processing library.
    • Several alternative Date replacement packages emerged, including the simple and sensible Date4J and the more comprehensive Joda-Time package.2001, Ian F. Darwin, Java Cookbook, page 617
    • Joda time is a complete alternative to the JDK date and time classes and seeks to replace them.2007, Robert Swarr, Facelets, page 64

Examples of Joda-Time in a sentence

  • Joda-Time is a powerful open source library well known and used in the market that works with time, dates, and chronology:2014, Rodrigo Turini, Practical Java 8 - Lambdas, Streams and New Resources:
  • Later the decision was made to integrate Joda-Time or something similar to it into Java's core libraries2015, Terrill Brett Spell, Pro Java 8 Programming, page 94:
  • The design of these classes was inspired by the Joda-Time library, which is a popular open-source date and time library for Java.2023, Cybellium Ltd, Mastering Java, page 156:

Origin of Joda-Time

Derives from a four letter name, beginning with the letter j whose domain name, joda.org, was available at the time. The choice of the name was arbitarily made by its creator, Stephen Colebourne, around 2002. It is not an acronym.

Questions about Joda-Time

What does Joda-Time mean?
Joda-Time means a widely used date and time processing library.
How do you use Joda-Time in a sentence?
Joda-Time is a powerful open source library well known and used in the market that works with time, dates, and chronology:
What part of speech is Joda-Time?
Joda-Time is a proper noun.

Words near Joda-Time in the dictionary

  1. jocundness
  2. jocundry
  3. jod
  4. Jod-Basedow effect
  5. Jod-Basedow phenomenon
  6. Joda-Time
  7. jodave
  8. jodel
  9. jodeled
  10. jodeler
  11. jodelers

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