Modern Programming Made Easy: Using Java, Scala, Groovy, and JavaScript

© Adam L. Davis 2020

A. L. DavisModern Programming Made Easyhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5569-8_12

12. Utilities

Adam L. Davis¹ 

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Oviedo, FL, USA

 

There are many classes, functions, or objects (sometimes called utilities) that come built-in with each programming language that can be very useful. The java.util package contains many useful classes for everyday programming. Likewise, JavaScript and other languages come with many built-in objects for doing common tasks. I am going to cover a few of these.

Dates and Times

You should never store date values as text. It’s too easy to mess up (Figure 12-1).

Figure 12-1

I can has string to store date valyooz? ...