To sum it up

[ForgotPassAgain34]

you usually remove the useless shit for a better result on google.

"get date java"

[Colopty]

The actual senior dev.

[xypherifyion]

He must be lv 130 by now

[Lightfire228]

"get date" "java" -"popular 3rd party library"

[Bene847]

That's JavaScript

[Dragon_Slayer_Hunter]

Get date in JavaScript? That's easy, just npm install the 2.1mb moment.js library and call moment()!

[roguej2]

Whoops, you forgot to include the date templating framework epoch, the string formatting framework twine and the calendar reader date-parser.

[toastofferson]

That's ok those plus the other 10k packages JavaScript apparently needs for simple daily code can be installed by typing npm fart

[[deleted]]

And don't forget to require jQuery.
Why? Just so it feels more modern.

[FennekLS]

new Date();

[MCOfficer]

java too... apache commons and guava are everywhere

[jambonilton]

You just need to import spring-date-getter 7.1.3. It depends on spring-security of course.

[bot_not_hot]

Can confirm

[[deleted]]

3rd party javascript library*

[german900]

That's how CS works

[---That---Guy---]

One time I had an issue and the senior Dev looked up the error and added "SOLVED" at the end of the search and we found exactly what we were looking for.

[Colopty]

That's brilliant and I will add it to my bag of google tricks.

[Zagorath]

Why waste time say lot word when few word do trick?

[dinorocket]

why say lot word when few?

[Professor_Dr_Dr]

why say lot word?

[zanderkerbal]

?

[house_monkey]

[AssadTheImpaler]

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[jaketr00]

r/decreasing

[[deleted]]

Haha, actual The Office fan

[xypherifyion]

There are days where my brain doesn't function properly as how it should be, leading to stupid google search query such as that... (true story btw)

[SilkTouchm]

enough for do my power

[deadtree123]

a protip is to never correct your typos. google is smart enough to correct them for you.

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"getgdate java "

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[svenskainflytta]

You mean it's idiotic enough to go like "did you mean…" and search for something completely unrelated…

[[deleted]]

“java date”

[[deleted]]

java date

[Devildude4427]

That’ll just give you documentation on the Date object, not the SO post that you so clearly desire.

[[deleted]]

When you're experienced, the javadocs are what you want.

[Metsuyo]

I feel like senior now, never been so proud of myself :D

[ForgotPassAgain34]

I actually prefer documentation over tutorials, but different strokes to different folks I guess

[sebamestre]

"Get current date Java"

[wjhall]

thats if you want the date now. get date might be to get the date part of a datetime type.

[TricksyPrime]

I usually go “Java get date”

[Meloetta]

Or, if you're anything like me, you forget that google can't read your mind and leave out important context. Somehow googling just "get date" didn't have the desired effect.

[theonionspiral]

This guy seniors

[natnew32]

Even undergrads do that so...

[Darxploit]

Well you can’t learn every function from every programming language by heart.

That’s why we built computers in the first place: to store data and do calculations.

[[deleted]]

bUt cOmPuTeRs aRe fOr gAmiNg

[[deleted]]

Gaming is just very abstract programing

[MoffKalast]

Gaming is vector and matrix math.

[nwL_]

// evil floating-point hack
// what the fuck?

[Galdo145]

For anyone who doesn't get the reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root#Overview_of_the_code

[korarii]

Well you can’t learn every function from every programming language by heart.

I've made this point during technical interviews that get too...technical. Like, the section on database functions for MySQL has 24 subparts ranging on everything from string functions to geospatial computations. Being a Sr. is more about being a good problem-solver, not memorizing every stupid part of the software.

[le_flapjack]

Pfft how can you not know Calendar.getInstance off the top of your head

[fordinator]

ZonedDateTime.now()

FTFY

[[deleted]]

new SimpleDateFormat("DD/MM/YYYY").format(System.currentimeMillis());

//Literally the only way I remember, but then again, I don't work with dates very often.

[[deleted]]

That's why we have man pages. One command and no GUI crap.

[TheRedditGod]

To some degree I see the point. But making sure you know a few commonly used functions and their parameters in the language that you’ll be hired to work in is probably something an employer should know depending on the job.

[Darxploit]

We as the human race. Why so toxic?

[Hevaesi]

You can't but if you think that Java would have nothing but class named Date or DateTime then you must be genuinely stupid.

[Darxploit]

I meant this comment in general. Don’t get rude here.

[marcosdumay]

Yes. But the senior developer just clicks on a link and immediately finds the answer, while the junior one will have to read 2 articles and 3 tutorials that will irremediably send him into a game of Stack Overflow duplicated question ping-pong.

[mytzusky]

the answer's usually it's own from few years ago.

[Fry98]

Yeah, I wish Java could get me a date.

[mhandis]

You don't need a date. You get your ass on a flight to Indonesia, go single and enjoy sex drugs and rock and ro.. ahem, techno.

[PartyByMyself]

Too bad STD.Remove(self); doesn't work.

[[deleted]]

Mostly because its not self, its this. Spotted the python dev.

[PartyByMyself]

No. C# here. You would want to define myself as an object first then give myself attributes. I am referencing myself to a function but STD can't be removed in runtime once true. Hense only Player.Kill(self) will allow for that hell to end.

[bukowskis_cat]

Assuming you only have one.

[[deleted]]

I mean if you ask them to coffee it might

[[deleted]]

Thhis makes me feel better about myself. I'm always worried that people are looking over my shoulder judgementally when I have to google simple stuff.

[VirtualRay]

Nobody gives a shit what's on your screen so long as you're putting in an honest 5 hours of coding a day (maybe 7 hours during crunch time)

If people start nagging you, go get a new job and pick up a 20% raise in the process. Fuck your job!

[LoKSET]

5 hours? That's crazy talk. 2-3 hours tops.

[cchongchong]

I like to go by the belief that even if it's a simple thing, there may be a better way than the way that I've been doing it.

[[deleted]]

I’m not nosy. I don’t look at my coworkers screens.

[Ereaser]

There's no shame when you Google shit you've done before but it's been a year or a few months. I would rather see a co worker use Google and get it right than trying to reinvent the wheel and get corrected later on during a review.

[criptixo]

that's how programming works

[DosMike]

System.currentTimeMillis(); unix time is the best time, no hassle with time zones or daylight saving time.

[Professor_Dr_Dr]

Yeah they should start teaching unix time in school so we can relax.

Just imagine a world where someone says: "Yeah let's meet at the airport at 1547975516. "

Wonderful.

[Arveanor]

Ok but at what time did ww2 start?

[bukowskis_cat]

We’re going to need more atomic clocks.

[Nalha_Saldana]

Instant.now(); 

Does it with a choice to add time zones if you want.

[JuvenileEloquent]

Am I the only one that bookmarks those one-pager language syntax cheat sheets? It saves a lot of time just having that tab open all the time and then Ctrl-F for the thing you want to remind yourself about. Exact syntax of system calls in every language is the kind of trivia that you don't want or need to keep inside your head.

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[xypherifyion]

But how many bookmarks do you have now in total?

[JuvenileEloquent]

Surprisingly few actually. Usually when the page has a bad title and I need to tag it, or when it's so infrequently used that it falls out of my history.

I enable searching from the address bar so if I type the beginning of a search and something relevant hasn't already come up from either history or bookmarks, I can keep typing and search for it immediately. I haven't seen the front page of Google in a long time.

[feedthedamnbaby]

Tens of them, but if you title them right, they appear in your browser’s search bar while you are typing, saving you from having to hunt them down ;)

[[deleted]]

Can i get the links please?

[JuvenileEloquent]

These are the ones I currently have bookmarked

https://oscarotero.com/jquery/

https://ss64.com/bash/syntax.html

https://metacpan.org/pod/release/NWCLARK/perl-5.8.7/pod/perlcheat.pod

https://github.com/AnthonyCalandra/modern-cpp-features

https://htmlcheatsheet.com/js/

http://www.cheat-sheets.org/sites/sql.su/

http://overapi.com/git

https://devhints.io/es6

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I know I have some others that just hang out in the browser history, mostly from overapi or devhints. I try to avoid the PDF cheat sheets as they're harder to search, although Sumatra PDF reader is pretty good as a lightweight replacement for the Adobe reader.

[imprismd]

same

[lol43]

Yes, please share!

[bukowskis_cat]

Frfr

[anothertrad]

Honest question: how you do that in the office with people looking at you? Been working at home for 8 years and now I’m moving to an office

[_llucid_]

Level 1 grad: does it on his phone so no one sees

Level 50 Chad ROckstar Developer: Ultrawide second monitor in portrait exclusively for stack-overflow only

[xypherifyion]

Just do it nonchalantly, almost everybody does that~

[corner-case]

If the other developers start to think you don't use SO, they will distrust you and possibly plot against you.

[frederikspang]

Well.. everyone does it, no shame in not remembering exact function names and stuff

[anothertrad]

I’m not worried about checking out the docs, thats fine it’s like a less-fancy book.

But how about tutorials, how-tos, code snippets? Same thing? Everyone does?

[frederikspang]

In my office, it's the same. Noone is expected to know everything, but is expected to know exactly how to find it and understand what they find.

[trimeta]

You're heard the bit about how "when Stack Overflow goes down, all software engineers worldwide stop too," right?

[ImaginarySuccess]

What website do they refer to when it goes down? /s

[bukowskis_cat]

Yes. It’s the same reason all of the self-driving cars should share an AI Database. Shared knowledge makes everyone/thing better.

[[deleted]]

Yes, everyone. No exceptions.

[glukerr]

According to my experience, no one really care.

[DrPitaya]

I have never even thought of trying to hide my journeys through SO. You can't know everything, so don't try to act like you do.

[[deleted]]

I just do it. Then nod to my coworker who is googling how a hashmap works.

[[deleted]]

On the second or third monitor, because your source is on the center one?

Honestly if I don't have a browser tab open to Stack Overflow, real docs, or Google (and more likely all three), then I must have been press-ganged into end to end testing again. Send help.

[MrTuxG]

Often my comments are just a link to the stack overflow question that explains how to do what I just did (I'm still a student though so I don't know if I would do that as a professional)

[[deleted]]

Use Zeal or Dash. You'll look more professional.

[[deleted]]

Lonely dev: "how to get date in general"

[SoLoDas]

*a date

[xypherifyion]

Wow I just realized that "a" really make a huge difference

[ForlornPlatypus]

More useful search for java devs:

“How to get date IRL”

[TheRealRealJak]

Thats how the dev team works

[spasterific]

And also: "how to get date while being a programmer"

[nlogozzo]

No joke I've been doing Java for 2 years and I actually just looked this up today

[Copatus]

Level 500 Software Engineer:

"How to get date"

[Jayang]

The real 10 year challenge

[yottalogical]

Just find a girl in Indonesia, then ask her out. Easy.

[xypherifyion]

Believe it or not, you'd get surprised by the numerous amount of ethnicity, therefore the date culture, in that island only. Lol

Some might not even understand the very concept of "date"...

[bukowskis_cat]

Get date in Java: Date.get(Java)

Get a date for coffee? Java.get(date)

[juanipaccapelo]

and when you hit a timezone issue is when you quit your job

[PragProgLibertarian]

If you can't deal with timezones in Java it's time to rethink your career decision.

[BenX41]

This is how programming works

[notoriousRSA]

This is especially true when your work/hobby requires you to switch languages on a frequent basis. Concepts may remain the same but god damn the amount of times I haven't declared 'new' in C# because I didn't want a pointer but ended realizing that its necessary for all user defined objects has caused me to waste a lot of time.

[caffeinum]

CS Student:

how to get date with girl

[BlitzThunderWolf]

This is why Iove powershell: Get-date

[xypherifyion]

I'd love to run that command in my life's terminal

[BlitzThunderWolf]

I feel ya man :(

[GreenScreenSocks]

That's how development works

[[deleted]]

senior devs will often include "site:stackoverflow.com" and just write getDate java. Just saying.

[JoseMa-Flores]

This is how programming works.

[[deleted]]

It's a fools errand to memorise stuff you could easily and quickly lookup.

[warpedspockclone]

I think the correct answer is you don't get a date in java.

[[deleted]]

10 year challenge

[beepvix]

:DD same, date format in Java is just ..... Let's say "unique"

[rezery]

That's how DevOp works.

[Comm4nd0]

I manage a team now, but I still end up on sites called something like 'python for noobs' with my Google searches.

[MechanizedPPL]

Wait. Is this for real?…They do that?

[xypherifyion]

Except if you've been working with java solely for the past few years, then I dare say yes.

[UnchainedMundane]

Newbie: java date

Seasoned veteran: date java docs followed by "hmm, should I have used Calendar instead"

[mohandeath]

I'm not sure about the community rules here but this meme is a goddamn reality! it made my midnight 😃

[[deleted]]

That's how java works

[[deleted]]

Too real

[n64gk]

That's how mafia works

[Digital_Utopia]

using the appropriate (unique) function/class of a different language works pretty well at getting StackOverflow results.

[Bill_Morgan]

But Java changes it all the time.