Best way to clone java.time.LocalDateTime

zappee :

I would like to create a copy java.time.LocalDateTime but it does not have clone() method.

What I do is the following:

long epochMilli = Instant.now().toEpochMilli();

LocalDateTime createDate =  LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(epochMilli), ZoneId.systemDefault());

LocalDateTime modificationDate = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(epochMilli), ZoneId.systemDefault());

Is there an easyest way to create two LocalDateTime objects with the exact same date-time value?

Jacob G. :

Because LocalDateTime is immutable, you can simply reference the same object:

LocalDateTime createDate = LocalDateTime.now();

LocalDateTime modificationDate = createDate;