Using date, and date only, in java -

i'm writing java program , have been stuck quite while date, datetime , forth parts of java programming.

what want have date object only. have class:

deployment.java

public class deployment {      int id;     localdate devicedeploymentdate; //i'm unsure should      public deployment(int id, localdate devicedeploymentdate) {         this.id = id;         this.devicedeploymentdate = devicedeploymentdate;     }      public deployment() {      }      public localdate getdevicedeploymentdate() {         return devicedeploymentdate;     }      public void setdevicedeploymentdate(localdate date) {         this.devicedeploymentdate = date;     }      public int getid() {         return id;     }      public void setid(int id) {         this.id = id;     } } 

and have date picker in gui.

from date picker can date in string format (and change int year, int month , int date if needed ofc). want store sort of date within deployment object, , not want time part of @ all.

question

which datatype should use this? , how do?

misc

i have shortly looked @ joda time, have been unable create localdate / datetime type either string or integers can date picker.

you can keep using localdate(as per david's comment) , use datetimeformatter joda time below convert string localdate.

final datetimeformatter dtf = datetimeformat.forpattern("yyyy-mmm-dd"); final localdate dt = dtf.parselocaldate(yourinputstring);