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Convert Clojure #inst instant in time to Joda time with clj-time

What is the right way to parse Clojure time instants like #inst "2017-01-01T12:00:00" to Joda time using the clj-time library?

Solution

  • If you have a java.util.Date object:

    (type #inst "2017-01-01T12:00:00+02:00")
;;=> java.util.Date

    clj-time has a clj-time.coerce namespace with a from-date function that takes java.util.Date objects as input. Example:

    (require '[clj-time.coerce :as c])

((juxt type str) (c/from-date #inst "2017-01-01T12:00:00"))
;;=> [org.joda.time.DateTime "2017-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"]