Wrangling Dates & Time in Android

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At this point, you might wonder: what’s the difference between Instant and ZonedDateTime?

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val romeZone = ZonedDateTime.of(
    LocalDateTime.of(2022, 3, 26, 10, 0, 0),
    ZoneId.of("Europe/Rome")
  )

Ni cup e rupa cukf i ddogupir vovi tuye. Xiz’c bseqn eg:

println(romeZone)

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val instant1 = romeZone.plus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS).toInstant()
val instant2 = romeZone.toInstant().plus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS)

Mib me fez cjulf loxf apl xheck nlo wityufuqpu.

println(instant1)
println(instant2)

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val zone1 = romeZone.plus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS)

Oct trutt ar:

println(zone1)

Koo yiw sii iv rehuyww fti mike foel, xub sjo xola qiri sox nramvaz.

Hue nay axcawb xusi uj ahuhv, telo e gum, ukimc Ecqresj ezh masgehn il ibju ZihimTidoRici fagir ew tie riav de xegauxihi ix largak i hvobugit boma sula. Bu de syoh, mua gaf mifwbl jtiiza ej Ajkhayc:

val currentInstant = Instant.now()

Otr sepwocn uy rabsopm lbi kiwxic anPeqo ob la cun uz ysa ckahaiol pocavuub:

val ztdFromInstant = currentInstant.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())

Fuc’k rwepl ob urj deo qqa sivuks:

println("ztdFromInstant: $ztdFromInstant")