ph datetime

Extension library for Java date and time handling with formatting, parsing, display and XML conversion utilities.

Highlights:

• PDTFactory - create date/time objects conveniently
• PDTFormatter / PDTFromString / PDTToString - formatting and parsing with pattern support
• PDTDisplayHelper - user-friendly date/time display (e.g. "2 hours ago")
• PDTWebDateHelper - web-specific date/time handling (RFC 822, XSD, etc.)
• PDTXMLConverter - XML conversion for date/time types
• DateTimeFormatterCache - cached DateTimeFormatter instances
• OffsetDate / XMLOffsetDate / XMLOffsetDateTime - timezone-aware date/time types
• LocalDatePeriod / LocalDateTimePeriod - date range handling
• Expirable / ExpiringObject - objects with expiration tracking

Maven usage

Add the following to your pom.xml to use this artifact:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.helger.commons</groupId>
  <artifactId>ph-datetime</artifactId>
  <version>x.y.z</version>
</dependency>

Note: the Maven groupId changed in v10 from com.helger to com.helger.commons