Because Java (and Groovy) base their date/time APIs (Date, Date, and Calendar) off of the same epoch starting time as Unix, it is easier to deal with dates and times when writing Groovy scripts in ...

The current Java.net poll question is, " How critical is it for JSR-310 (new Date and Time API) to be implemented in Java 8? " At the time of my writing of this post, nearly 150 respondents have ...