Joda-Time

English

Etymology

Derives from a four letter name, beginning with the letter j whose domain name was available at the time. It is not an acronym. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “what does "Joda" mean and what are its origins?”)

Proper noun

Joda-Time

(computing, software, programming) A widely used date and time processing library.
- 2001, Ian F. Darwin, Java Cookbook, page 617:
  Several alternative Date replacement packages emerged, including the simple and sensible Date4J and the more comprehensive Joda-Time package.
- 2007, Robert Swarr, Facelets, page 64:
  Joda time is a complete alternative to the JDK date and time classes and seeks to replace them.
- 2014, Rodrigo Turini, Practical Java 8 - Lambdas, Streams and New Resources:
  Joda-Time is a powerful open source library well known and used in the market that works with time, dates, and chronology:
- 2015, Terrill Brett Spell, Pro Java 8 Programming, page 94:
  Later the decision was made to integrate Joda-Time or something similar to it into Java's core libraries
- 2023, Cybellium Ltd, Mastering Java, page 156:
  The design of these classes was inspired by the Joda-Time library, which is a popular open-source date and time library for Java.