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Making Sense of Java's Dates | |
| Subject: | The Horror! | |
| Date: | 2003-06-08 21:12:40 | |
| From: | anonymous2 | |
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Response to: The Horror!
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| I think most of the Calendar code is a C port that was donated by IBM. That's the only excuse I can think of for the API being so awkward and definitely not idiomatic Java. Can anyone confirm or deny? | ||
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The Horror!
2003-06-08 22:33:10 anonymous2 [View]
The code in the current Java Calendar classes was originally developed by Taligent and donated to Java when Taligent was aquired by IBM. Taligent had originally been a C++ company. The first of the references: "International Calendars in Java at IBM" gives more details. Ph.
