How can I set a specific date into a Joda Time DateTime object?

Question

I am pretty new in Joda Time and I have the following doubt:

I have simply created a new empty DateTime object, in this way:

DateTime dataMovimentoFittizio = new DateTime();

My problem is that is seems to me that then I can't set the year, month and day for this object.

How can I correctly set a specific date into this object?

Answer 1

Immutable objects

The Joda-Time classes mostly use immutable objects , designed to not be changed after instantiation.

Use methods to instantiate new objects based partially on the values in the existing object.

java.time

The Joda-Time project is now in maintenance mode, and advises migrating to the java.time classes.

The java.time classes strictly use immutable objects .

LocalDate

For a date-only value without time of day and without time zone. Use LocalDate .

LocalDate ld = LocalDate.of( 2016 , 1 , 23 );  // January 23, 2016