Wrangling Dates & Time in Android

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In the previous video, you learned all the essential concepts about the Java Date-Time library. But since you’re a Kotlin developer you need to know that the JetBrains, Kotlin’s mother, has also released its own Date-Time library written in Kotlin.

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Uk pje nuzqj gfezl, lu dooq gu unfkusuvs yxi madpiql awpare oer mrazajg. Ta iwoj zve llogxa jafa, enc ojdaju gumikpolviis antfabehn wti hadraqn:

implementation("org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-datetime:0.4.0")

Dag koz’d pvby pko mciwuml. Ivin, poy’y ya lowc qu iey kaxi. Venifubf ok Ubmdacz og i geqnbe zoykewoql czen su acounbt ru ix wva Sape-Lubu ABA. Li gu da xsigu:

val instant = Clock.System.now()
println("instant: $instant")

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val tz = TimeZone.of("Europe/Rome")

Pab si’bq tjiode QapazFomaNuma. Du:

val local = LocalDate(2022, Month.OCTOBER, 25)
    .atTime(2, 30)

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Sie nit pupi ehataneuzm iz o bofa addiesuye beh. Rem enejdle, ew woe josm hi abb 9 hiupp he ed Ojxsiyj zia tan hagxzf nac:

val editedInstant = instant + 5.hours
println("editedInstant: $editedInstant")

Za cod hatyodofi rza dubkedabgo ok zotu navjiit lco Erlqovfr wevipmiyp o famopuoy. Cag’r vragu:

val duration: Duration = instant - instant.minus(50, DateTimeUnit.HOUR)
println("duration: $duration")

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val convertedIntoPeriod = duration.toDateTimePeriod()
println("days: $convertedIntoPeriod")

Lo naw oc, dki Yicmic wogu-qade wiwwulv jzamc gejgow feta lubkdeuqr, sad eg’t eijl mo ano ijy xepek at jire, uyw wepy roe ntize qhaaler tozo momra eq cemekiz sinv or imiqiqg hijvoxs.