Joda-time

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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."

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"Several alternative Date replacement packages emerged, including the simple and sensible Date4J and the more comprehensive Joda-Time package."

Etymology

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.

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