I used to fear date and time handling in Java — until the
java.time API landed in Java 8.This quarter, I finally explored the
TemporalAdjusters and custom parsing capabilities. Here's a quick example:LocalDate firstMonday = LocalDate.now() .with(TemporalAdjusters.firstInMonth(DayOfWeek.MONDAY));
It’s clean, immutable, and handles DST transitions better than JodaTime ever did.
If you're still using
Date or Calendar, it’s time to switch. The type safety and predictability of java.time is a huge productivity booster.