The class Date in "java.util" package represents date and time.

Java util date

     

 

The class Date in "java.util" package represents date and time. It's no arguments constructor creates date object specifying current date and time. It can be created specifying year, month, date. Years are specified as the number of years since 1900. You can also specify hour, minute, and second along with year, month and date. It can also be created specifying the number of milliseconds from January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT. This class provides many methods that lets you set and get fields, comparing date, converting dates to string and string to date.

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