4 examples to convert Date to LocalDate in Java 8?

One of the challenge you will face while using new Java 8 Date and time API, JSR-310 in existing Java application is the conversion between java.util.Date and java.time.LocalDate and other classes. Even though library has everything you would expect, it doesn't have a direct conversion method between old Date and new LocalDate. There is a reason for it, eventhough java.util.Date says its a date its not, becuase its just a millisecond value since midnight at the start of 1970 GMT. It's equivalent to Instant class in new Java Date API and that's why you have a direct conversion method between Date and Instant in Java 8. Anyway, its not hard to convert a java.util.Date to java.time.LocalDate in Java 8, in fact there are multiple ways which we will explore in this tutorial. 

5 Reasons Why Java's old Date and Calendar API was a Bad Design

If you have been programming in Java for a couple of years then you may know that how bad was Java's Date and Calendar API was, I mean the java.util.Date and java.utill.Calendar was badly designed. Though Java has corrected it's a mistake by introducing a brand new, shiny Date and Time API, not many Java developers are using it yet. In a bit to motivate you to use new Date and Time API from Java 8, I am going to list down a couple of reasons why Java's Date and Calendar class has been criticized so much in the past.  These points are also important to know from the Interview point of view because as an experienced Java programmer, it is expected from you to know the shortcomings of the existing API and how new API solves those problems.

5 Examples to Compare two Dates in Java?

Comparing dates in Java is a common task for Java programmers, now and then we need to compare two dates to check whether two dates are equals, less than, or greater than each other, sometimes we also need to check if one date comes in between two dates. Java provides multiple ways to compare two Dates in Java which is capable of performing Date comparison and letting you know whether two dates are the same, one date comes before or after another date in Java. By the way, when you compare dates, make sure to consider timezones, day light saving time, and precision.