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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ *
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+ * SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+// Converting between #javascript Date and #java8 LocalDateTime with #nashorn
+
+// JavaScript Date with current time
+var d = new Date();
+print(d);
+ 
+// Java 8 java.time classes used
+var Instant = java.time.Instant;
+var LocalDateTime = java.time.LocalDateTime;
+var ZoneId = java.time.ZoneId;
+ 
+// Date.prototype.getTime
+
+// getTime() method returns the numeric value corresponding to the time
+// for the specified date according to universal time. The value returned
+// by the getTime() method is the number of milliseconds since 1 January 1970 00:00:00 UTC.
+// See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/getTime
+ 
+// Java Instant.ofEpochMilli to convert time in milliseconds to Instant object
+// https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Instant.html#ofEpochMilli-long-
+ 
+var instant = Instant.ofEpochMilli(d.getTime());
+ 
+// Instant to LocalDateTime using LocalDateTime.ofInstant
+// https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/LocalDateTime.html#ofInstant-java.time.Instant-java.time.ZoneId-
+ 
+var ldt = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant, ZoneId.systemDefault());
+print(ldt);
+ 
+// converting a LocalDateTime to JavaScript Date
+// convert LocalDateTime to Instant first
+// https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/LocalDateTime.html#atZone-java.time.ZoneId-
+ 
+var instant = ldt.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant();
+ 
+// instant to to epoch milliseconds
+// https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/Instant.html#toEpochMilli--
+// and then to JavaScript Date from time in milliseconds
+// https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date
+
+var d1 = new Date(instant.toEpochMilli());
+print(d1);