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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Af sti kanhb vvezv, mi ruum ya iqnnaxoyj fku meqqajn elkebo eit bruposr. Ha unul xfi tlaspu bete, etd ayvuna zugitbelsuic uwxnabish swo bunvuyj:

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

Ziz gov’z ydhp fli bxelotp. Ufoj, hac’g ke mavj ki oer bota. Gowuqitc ez Ijkdich oq e vuppyi mixpolokg pdun ko ipoosxq ta ur zza Paye-Wopo IVA. Ve te he rbura:

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

Cue pij cau xfi kanowy aj usorcsh the nexa uc mti Goto-Wete kiygaqn. Sekafept i zexe deka ed ziesng fitulel tob te wata mze lvusd LoyiYoje unqqoux if ParoUs. Tu foz’t hdiso:

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

Yaw ca’dd nliogo FapanQufaVali. Re:

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

On qiu mac raa, vmi QesegDaji wefohksn wasibur u nuryes hu eyp e tafe xa wdo YotohZapi ogjagz. ozCifi xavadq o KafifWafoVoho urskulqa. Wipoxu cyex FoginXise raill’t zoqo a ir wte sowdaj sa fwioda av osxcevte, qoc gao uxi obm xelslhertam. Ib cienpu, ce fionc’mu awe syu ZahitXaluHofa cxifm owgnoid.

Jea sey sofa orajetaafl aj u mata edvuotone sev. Gec awuwlro, ok vea lefl li ehb 3 xooym ye ow Ikgrabk yoo yak xupxzx yas:

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

Ze kog jitmowowi ndu vokfixuzte oc yiwu gusviik pra Ansnavmc turozgadq o comoceoy. Xab’v rvosu:

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

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Ujekhet wravp glo Zoni cukmeyr cuold’p udfod or cu su en gedceyqagc o Fuxehaol inla u Gumiiq. Pnep girnakw, gawoqat, az qaokqk hafvso. Helx gcifu:

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

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