Previous versions of Java SE (prior to Java 8) have java.util and java.sql packages to handle date and time representation. The Date-Time package, java.time, introduced in the Java SE 8 release. It provides a comprehensive model for date and time. This tutorial explains handling of date and time using classical model as well as new model. Although java.time is based on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) calendar system, commonly used global calendars are also supported.

Audience

This video tutorial has been prepared for the beginners to help them understand the basic functionality related to all the methods available in java.util package, java.sql package as well as java.time package.