https://devops-monk.com/tags/zoneddatetime/Recent content in Zoneddatetime on Devops MonkHugoen-usMon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/java8/date-time-api/Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://devops-monk.com/tutorials/java8/date-time-api/Why java.util.Date Had to Go java.util.Date was introduced in Java 1.0 and has been a source of bugs ever since: Mutable — Date can be modified after creation, causing subtle bugs when passed between methods Not thread-safe — mutable state means shared dates need external synchronisation Poor API design — year is offset from 1900, months are 0-indexed, no time zone support on Date itself Deprecated methods — most of the useful methods on Date were deprecated in Java 1.