Which calendars does JodaTime support?

Question

Today i read about Joda time And they tells "Calendar support. The library currently provides 8 calendar systems. More will be added in the future."

I dont know what is 8 calender systems and also dont know how many systems are currently used ?

Give me some Specifications...

Answer 1

The calendar systems are the ones shown in the org.joda.time.chrono package:

• Gregorian
• Julian
• Buddhist
• Coptic
• Ethiopic
• Gregorian/Julian (with a cutover)
• Islamic
• ISO (almost identical to Gregorian)

I'm not sure what you mean by "how many systems are currently used"

Answer 2

On the top of that page you maybe you read:

Joda-Time provides a quality replacement for the Java date and time classes. The design allows for multiple calendar systems, while still providing a simple API. The 'default' calendar is the ISO8601 standard which is used by XML. The Gregorian, Julian, Buddhist, Coptic, Ethiopic and Islamic systems are also included, and we welcome further additions. Supporting classes include time zone, duration, format and parsing.