Java default date formats

java.util.Date:

EEE MMM dd HH:mm:ss z yyyy

Notes:

- Milliseconds are not shown thus get lost.

- The day is only for "show" - it doesn't really affect the parsing.

java.sql.Timestamp

yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.S

Unit tests to test the above can be found here.

Q&A:

Q: Why do I post this?

A: There are applications that output the default 'toString' of dates, thus need to be parsed if the date needs to be "understood".
Q: What does the format above mean?

A: The formats are the convention of Java's SimpleDateFormat.

SpringSource - a disappointment

Well, tried for several hours to install and use springsource STS.

NO SUCCESS.

springsource used "almost every" technology @ their disposal:

- Maven

- Spring

- gwt

- spring roo

- jpa

- log4j

- AOP - AspectJ

- JUnit

Well, this should be great but

they forgot to make it compile and run -

a very very big OOPS.

Downfall summary:

- They introduced a new scripting language (roo)

- New annotation API (roo annotations)

- Complex

- Created a whole different eclipse plugin management solution of their own. Why?

- Have an installation process that takes about several hours.

- Their hello world doesn't compile on Eclipse and no instructions on how to compile and run it outside of Eclipse.

Bummer. Sounded so good when I first read about it...