CHANGELOG.md

[v4.9-2021?] not yet released

[v4.8-2021a] published on 2021-03-27

Added

• Specific leap month queries in East Asian calendars [#913]
• New methods for solar terms in East Asian calendars creating lists and operators [#928]
• Android platform timezone with version info [#940]
• Styled formatters should give an pattern info [#941]

Changed

• Update to TZDB 2021a [#931]
• Simplify calendar type identifiers for frenchrev, bahai, hindu [#942]

Fixed

• Crash in OldApiTimezone when Saturday is hit [#939]
• Documentation of solar term handling in East Asian calendars improved [#928]
• New Japanese nengo defined in system property not correctly checked [#929]

[v4.7.2-2020e] published on 2020-12-30

Changed

• Update to TZDB 2020e [#927]

Fixed

• Proguard breaks serialization of Hindu calendar [#925]

[v4.7.1-2020d] published on 2020-10-26

Changed

• Update to TZDB 2020d [#924]

Fixed

• Imprecise translations for relative days in Dutch [#922]

[v4.7-2020c] published on 2020-10-19

Changed

• Update to TZDB 2020c [#923]

[v4.7-2020a] published on 2020-09-13

Added

• Hindu calendar (algorithmic) [#851 + #892]
• Stems and branches of month and day in Chinese calendar [#910]
• Getting time of day when shadow length is known [#890]

Fixed

• Invalid combination of stems and branches not documented [#912]
• United Kingdom date format [#908]

[v4.6-2020a] published on 2020-05-31

Added

• Local variant data for Hijri calendar [#888]
• Getter for observer zone id in SolarTime and LunarTime [#904]

Deprecated

• HijriCalendar.VARIANT_ICU4J scheduled for future removal [#905]

Fixed

• Documentation example in SolarTime outdated [#902]

[v4.5.1-2020a] published on 2020-05-19

Fixed

• NPE in deserializing of SolarTime and LunarTime [#901]

[v4.5-2020a] published on 2020-04-25

Added

• Support for Duration.in(Collection<? extends Unit>) [#899]
• Support for Swiss German (Schwyzerdütsch) [#895]

Changed

• Update to TZDB 2020a [#900]

Fixed

• Crash during app initialization (unrecognized number system) [#897]

[v4.4.5-2019c] published on 2020-04-20

Added

• Make PatternType.CLDR_DATE being applicable on PlainDate [#889]

Fixed

• Crash during app initialization (race condition) [#894]
• Incorrect sign in last term of calculation of mean lunar anomaly [#891]

[v4.4.4-2019c] published on 2020-01-15

Changed

• Update of Android version dependencies [PR #2]

[v4.4.3-2019c] published on 2019-11-04

Added

• Reversible time metric [#881]

[v4.4.2-2019c] published on 2019-09-13

Added

• Customizable initialization [#876]

Changed

• Update to TZDB 2019c [#878]

[v4.4.1-2019b] published on 2019-07-02

Changed

• Update to TZDB 2019b [#875]

Fixed

• Document that Hebrew calendar starting at 18:00 is an approximation for sunset [#873]

[v4.4-2019a] published on 2019-05-25

Added

• Anomalistic month (apogee/perigee of moon) [#859]
• Support for Windows zones [#756]
• Support for Kurdish (ku) and Somali (so) languages [#866]
• More translations for Badi calendar [#862]
• More translations for new Japanese era REIWA [#860]

Changed

• Update to CLDR v35.1 [#863]

Fixed

• Improved approximated normalization of durations [#869]
• Zero clock hour not tolerable in smart parsing [#868]
• Plural rules for Marathi and Nepali are wrong [#865]
• Smart parsing of protected space char [#864]
• Printing of weekdays in Bahai calendar broken [#861]

[v4.3-2019a] published on 2019-04-19

Added

• BadiCalendar (Bahai) [#798]

Changed

• New Japanese Nengo "Reiwa" [#840]
• Update TZDB to version 2019a [#856]
• More flexible dynamic patterns [#854]

[v4.2-2018i] published on 2019-01-02

Changed

• Update TZDB to version 2018i [#853]

[v4.2-2018h] published on 2018-12-30

Changed

• Update TZDB to version 2018h [#852]

[v4.2-2018g] published on 2018-12-21

Added

• Easier truncation of durations with any arbitrary units [#850]
• Easier calculation of Chinese holidays [#844]
• New static factory method for astronomical seasons [#841]
• Custom duration separators in PrettyTime [#839]

Fixed

• Handle Sindhi and Uyghur as right-to-left [#847]
• AstronomicalSeason fails for years like 999_999_999 [#842]

[v4.1-2018g] published on 2018-11-25

Added

• Support for languages Assamese, Sindhi and Tongan [#834]
• Formatting relative times like "last Monday" or "next Friday" [#733]

Changed

• Replace usage of java.util.ResourceBundle for sake of robustness [#838]
• Make parsing month names slightly more tolerant in smart mode [#837]
• Update to CLDR 34 [#831]

[v4.0-2018g] published on 2018-10-28

Added

• Time arithmetic in class GeneralTimestamp [#810]
• Make enums Month, Weekday and Quarter to operators for PlainDate [#819]
• Enhance duration comparators [#816]
• Support tzdb-time-switches out of range T00:00/T24:00 [#825]

Changed

• Licensed under Apache v2.0 [#621]
• Update TZDB to version 2018g [#830]
• Remove confusing method ZonalClock.currentMoment() [#817]
• Improved handling of negative DST-offsets [#742]
• Simplify generic formatter API [#813]
• Remove deprecated stuff in ChronoMerger [#524]
• StartOfDay now uses CalendarDate in abstract method [#655]

Fixed

• Ensure that big year numbers with 10 digits can be printed [#792]

[v3.44.4-2018e] published on 2018-09-26

Fixed

• Mismatch between getMinimumSinceUTC and transform for some historic calendars [#808]
• Fix for narrow era names which had been incomplete [#809]

[v3.44.3-2018e] published on 2018-08-29

Fixed

• Fix for changing JapaneseCalendar.MONTH_AS_ORDINAL [#807]

[v3.44.2-2018e] published on 2018-07-22

Fixed

• NPE-Fix for loading time zone based on system time zone identifier [#803]

[v3.44.1-2018e] published on 2018-07-20

Fixed

• NPE-Fix for premature assignment of system time zone [#802]
• Wrong day-of-year in HebrewCalendar [#800]

[v3.44-2018e] published on 2018-07-04

Added

• New class AnnualDate in main package [#787]
• New class MachineTime in main package [#609]
• Extend formattability of extreme integer element values [#797]
• Resolve locale no-NO-NY to nynorsk [#788]

Fixed

• Rethrow undocumented ArithmeticException as IllegalArgumentException [#791]
• Wrong days-since-UTC after transform in Hijri adjustment [#789]

[v3.43-2018e] published on 2018-05-18

Added

• Support Kabyle language [#782]
• Show tomorrow and yesterday words in PrettyTime [#781]

Fixed

• java.util.Locale.getScript() unknown for Java-API-level 6 [#780]
• Arithmetic overflow of int-results in JulianCalendar.Unit.between(...) [#775]
• Incorrect translation of "M" pattern in JulianCalendar formatter [#776]
• Same exit and arrival of sun/moon in sign of Scorpius [#778]

[v3.42-2018e] published on 2018-05-11

Added

• Zodiac constellations and signs [#765]
• New interface describing equatorial coordinates [#764]

Changed

• Update to TZDB-version 2018e [#773]
• Update some resources to CLDR 33 [#774]

Deprecated

• Replace/Remove SolarTime.Calculator.declination(double) [#772]

Fixed

• Right ascension of moon position should be in range 0-360 [#770]

[v3.41-2018d] published on 2018-03-25

Added

• Normalization of timezone identifiers [#756]
• Support Asturian language (ISO-639: ast) [#757]
• Convenience week elements for Hebrew calendar [#758]

Changed

• Update to TZDB-version 2018d [#762]

Fixed

• Make astronomical calculations possible with leap seconds disabled [#761]

[v3.40-2018b] published on 2018-03-06

Added

• Traditional Chinese calendar [#396]
• Dangi calendar (Korean) [#722]
• Vietnamese lunar calendar [#641]
• Cyclic year used in East Asian calendars [#638]
• Juche calendar (North Korea) [#748]
• Shadow length of objects with specified height [#754]
• Increase displayed precision of moon illumination [#747]
• Convenience constants for calendar-specific week elements [#753]
• Bounded calendar-week-elements in CommonElements [#738]
• Optimize chronological extensions during parsing [#749]
• Improved localization for French Rev. calendar [#741]

Fixed

• Weekmodel.ISO.boundedWeekOfMonth().atFloor() not working as expected [#750]

[v3.39-2018a] published on 2018-01-16

Added

• Extra features for StdSolarCalculator.CC [#731]
• Search for moon phase at or after a moment [#730]

Changed

• Update timezone-data to v2018a [#736]
• Allow negative DST-offsets [#735]

Fixed

• date.getMaximum() can crash near end of timeline [#732]

[v3.38-2017c] published on 2017-12-18

Added

• Moon rise/set [#704]
• Calculation for azimuth/elevation of Sun and Moon [#723]
• Positions of Sun and Moon in terms of right ascension and declination [#716]
• Make right ascension of sun accessible [#715]
• Determine min/max-range of possible lunations [#720]

Changed/Deprecated

• HebrewMonth.Order.BIBILICAL contains a typo [#714]
• Four methods in SolarTime loose the day information [#724]

Fixed

• Duplicate Android resource @string/app_name and application@label [#726]
• StdSolarCalculator.CC has integer-division-error [#725]
• Class SolarTime normally expects LMT-dates not zoned dates [#719]
• JulianDay misses definition of serialVersionUID [#727]

[v3.37-2017c] published on 2017-11-26

Added

• Hebrew calendar [#528]
• Hebrew time [#708]
• Hebrew birthdays and yahrzeit [#707]
• Constants of solar time for Jerusalem and Mecca [#711]
• Add Odia (Oriya) language [#709]
• More flexible numberings of enums in formatting [#706]
• Update to CLDR v32 [#690]
• Conversions to/from old java.util.Calendar + java.util.TimeZone [#705]

Changed

• Optimize ZoneNameProviderSPI [#713]

Fixed

• Fix and optimize proguard configuration [#710]

[v3.36-2017c] published on 2017-10-23

Added

• Moon phases [#676]
• Illumination of moon [#702]
• Historic calendar [#698]
• New SolarTime.Calculator based on Dershowitz/Reingold [#701]
• Static factory ChronoHistory.from(variantString) [#697]
• Julian centuries with J2000-epoch [#693]

Changed

• Update to TZDB-version 2017c [#703]
• TimeLine-enhancement [#675]
• German names of French Republican calendar months [#692]
• Prevent calling some SolarTime.Builder-methods twice [#691]
• Refine altitude-dependent calculation of solar time [#689]

Fixed

• ChronoHistory.month()-annotation is incomplete [#696]

[v3.35-2017b] published on 2017-09-25

Added

• New hemisphere-related methods in astronomical classes [#688]
• Unit simulating Joda-behaviour for month-based durations [#687]

Changed

• Parsing of "AM" or "PM" for all locales [#684]
• Changes to CalendarUnit.keepingEndOfMonth() and atEndOfMonth() [#679]

Fixed

• Zone name parsing should use string-prefix-matching [#686]
• Duration parser tolerates trailing chars [#682]

Deprecated

• Rename PlainTime.ISO_HOUR to HOUR_FROM_0_TO_24 [#685]

[v3.34-2017b] published on 2017-09-10

Added

• Support for sunrise / sunset - calculations [#663]
• Static validation methods for calendars [#666]
• Twilight definition [#667]
• Sunset as start-of-day (for islamic calendar etc) [#668]
• Simplified version of JulianDay [#670]

Changed

• Improve calculation of equation of time [#665]

Fixed

• French revolutionary calendar not serializable [#664]

[v3.33-2017b] published on 2017-07-28

Added

• French Revolutionary Calendar [#615]
• New formatter method 'getPattern()' [#662]
• Support for or-logic during printing [#661]
• Prevent escaping of Z-literal in format patterns [#658]
• Direct parse-methods for Weekday, Quarter and Month [#656]
• Weekday-in-month in non-iso-calendars [#653]
• Alternative calculations for PersianCalendar [#634]
• Calculation of astronomical seasons [#628]
• Support for apparent solar time [#633]
• Support for Julian Day Number [#527]
• Implement timescales TT and UT1 [#93]
• New dynamic pattern type [#659]

Changed

• Redefine value space and epoch of TAI [#652]

Deprecated

• Make PatternType-API fit for more calendars [#659]
• Prepare StartOfDay-change for next major release [#655]

[v3.32-2017b] published on 2017-04-28

Added

• Japanese imperial calendar [#560]
• Indian national calendar (Saka) [#642]
• Custom day adjustments on HijriCalendar [#649]
• Make pivot-year for two-digit-years calendar-specific [#643]
• Support for Japanese numbers [#639]
• Improve text resource handling [#626]
• Method nowInSystemTime() for EthiopianTime [#646]

Fixed

• DAY_OF_WEEK-element in some calendars inconsistent [#644]
• Clarify usage of Ethiopian eras [#636]
• Roundtrip of print/parse during zone offset overlap fails [#635]
• Converting geo longitude to ZonalOffset crashes [#632]

[v3.30-2017b] published on 2017-03-21

Added

• Make zone offset calculation for geo-longitude more precise [#622]
• Enable text-lookup for non-enum elements in formatting [#618]
• Support for Ewe language [#625]

Fixed

• ZonalDateTime.toString() should not contain UTC-literal [#623]

Changed

• Update TZDATA to 2017b [#624]

[v3.29-2017a] published on 2017-03-01

Added

• More convenient access to platform timezone data [#616]

Fixed

• Improve and fix parsing of decimal elements [#617]

Changed

• Update TZDATA to version 2017a [#619]

[v3.28-2016j] published on 2017-02-07

Added

• New counting method for class LeapSeconds [#608]
• Support different time-scales in formatting and parsing moments [#607]
• Duration conversion to clock units including days [#605]
• Make parsing of ambivalent zone informations easier [#603]

Fixed

• equals-contract for ChronoFormatter including zone elements broken [#604]

[v3.27-2016j] published on 2017-01-08

Added

• Support for Breton (br), Faroese (fo), Western Frisian (fy), Scottish Gaelic (gd), Luxembourgish (lb) [#599]
• Reduce buffer allocation when printing numbers [#598]

Fixed

• ChronoFormatter.formatToBuffer() should be optimized [#597]

[v3.26-2016j] published on 2017-01-03

Added

• Enable or-logic when parsing durations [#592]
• Ensure 4 digit-years in date style patterns [#591]
• Dozenal numbering system [#596]
• Document how to handle wrong platform tz-data on Android [#589]
• Make styled formatters sensible for change of locale [#586]

Fixed

• Max-calculation for week-of-year sometimes broken [#595]
• RFC-1123-formatter must support northamerican zones [#594]
• MultiFormatParser tolerates trailing characters [#590]
• BridgeChronology: Some format patterns are not runnable [#588]
• BridgeChronology: Some formatters cannot be built [#587]

[v3.25-2016j] published on 2016-12-02

Changed

• Simplify parsing of trailing characters [#576]
• Update TZDB-repository to 2016j [#579]
• Use Android-context directly for resource access [#582]

Fixed

• Error receiving broadcast Intent [#585]
• Fix for pattern sanity check [#583]
• Regression: Misleading error message [#581]
• Clarify documentation of AdjustableElement.atFloor() and .atCeiling() [#580]
• Ambivalence parsing check sometimes faulty [#577]
• Unicode-BIDI-chars should not be parsed in context of ISO [#574]

[v3.24-2016i] published on 2016-11-03

Changed

• Update TZDATA to version 2016i [#573]

[v3.24-2016h] published on 2016-10-23

Added

• Open ChronoFormatter for external types [#556]
• Week calculations for non-ISO calendars [#562]
• Add convenient methods to PrettyTime [#559]

Fixed

• Years in far future should not require a positive sign [#569]
• Document pattern order in case of or-logic applied [#558]

Changed

• Update TZDATA to version 2016h [#564]
• Update resources to CLDR v30.0.2 [#570]
• Add simple sanity checks for cldr-format patterns [#565]

[v3.23-2016g] published on 2016-09-23

Added

• Add historic centuries [#507]
• Add some alternative numbering systems [#550]
• Add convenient methods to determine current system time [#553]

Fixed

• NPE in Timezone.getDisplayName(...) [#548]
• Improved literal parsing in localized tz-offset [#549]
• Byte-order-marks in UTF8-resources not recognized [#551]

Changed

• New method in ZoneNameProvider-interface [#549]
• Update TZDATA to version 2016g [#554]

[v3.22.1-2016f] published on 2016-08-28

Added

• Improved documentation of HijriCalendar [#518]
• Add general parse methods for dates in ISO-8601-format [#520]
• Iso8601Format....WALL_TIME now understands T17:45 [#521]
• Embedded formatter should know outer format attributes and defaults [#522]
• ChronoFormatter.Builder should define default values and global attributes [#531]
• Determine first moment for given calendar date in time zone [#539]
• Enable parsing of literals with leading digits after numerical elements [#544]

Fixed

• ISO ordinal date format not correct for big year numbers [#530]
• AM/PM-element not sensible for output context [#529]
• Inconsistent exception handling of with()-methods [#541]

Changed

• Make fractional second parser more tolerant [#519]
• TextProvider-SPI-interface with new method [#529]

Deprecated

• 1 method in TextProvider deprecated due to missing output context [#529]
• 1 method in TransitionHistory marked as deprecated (for future migration) [#523]

[v3.22-2016f] published on 2016-07-06

Added

• Add localized display names for ChronoElement [#515]

Changed

• Update TZDATA to version 2016f #[516]

[v3.21-2016e] published on 2016-06-20

Added

• Better support for week-based durations and units [#509]

Fixed

• Duration measured in millis only is broken [#513]
• Zone offset without sign - should be parseable in lax mode [#502]

Changed

• Update TZDATA to version 2016e #[512]

[v3.20-2016d] published on 2016-05-07

Added

• Related gregorian year for non-gregorian calendars [#370]
• Modern-coverage of languages defined in CLDR [#367]
• Support for Uyghur [#496]
• Support for Malayalam [#493]
• Support for Basque, Galician and Welsh [#494]
• Support for Esperanto [#495]

Fixed

• Make alias zone identifiers always parseable [#500]
• Improve performance of parsing timezone names [#499]
• Clarify format behaviour if zoneless types are combined with zone names [#490]

Changed

• Replace ZoneProvider by ZoneModelProvider and ZoneNameProvider [#498]
• Update to CLDR version 29 [#492]

[v3.19-2016d] published on 2016-04-19

Changed

• Update TZDB-repository to 2016d [#484]

[v3.19-2016c] published on 2016-04-18

Added

• Add Thai solar calendar (Suriyakati) [#478]
• Fine-tuning of historization [#479]
• Document that PlainDate is historizable [#448]

Fixed

• 3.18-2016c appears to make testing difficult (Android) [#483]
• OR-operator logic in ChronoFormatter sometimes broken [#482]
• Fix and improve documentation of era manipulations [#481]

Deprecated

• Deprecate usage of CalendarEra.getValue() [#480]

[v3.18-2016c] published on 2016-03-23

Status

• Not reliable during start, use later version instead [#483]

Added

• Starting Time4A as background process [#475]
• Enable unparseable characters to be skipped when parsing [#476]
• Add SQL-support (from misc-module of Time4J) [#471]
• Historic year definition (example Easter style in France) [#473]
• Support for Kirghiz [#474]

Changed

• Update TZDB-repository to version 2016c [#477]

[v3.17-2016b] published on 2016-03-13

Added

• More detailed error message when parsing ZonalDateTime [#467]

Fixed

• Make resolving zone names more robust [#469]
• Calculus Pisanus does not work in parsing [#466]

Changed

• Update TZDB-repository to 2016b [#468]

[v3.16-2016a] published on 2016-03-07

Added

• Make ZonalDateTime easier for creation and comparison [#462]
• Calculation of Easter (Computus) [#460]
• Support for Telugu language [#459]
• Add element support for historic day-of-year [#456]

Fixed

• TimezoneRepositoryProviderSPI throws NPE [#464]
• Refine localized calendar history in Europe [#461]
• PlainTime.toString() does not display fraction of second as per spec [#465]
• Make Timezone.ofSystem() more robust against weird zone ids. [#463]
• Don't permit negative years for any historic era [#458]
• Clarify/correct exception behaviour of new year strategies [#457]
• Reduce array allocation during parsing [#455]

[v3.15-2016a] published on 2016-02-14

Added

• Proleptic Julian calendar [#444]
• Add Roman numerals [#443]

Fixed

• Unit-between-arithmetic broken for Persian, Coptic and Ethiopian calendar [#453]
• Improve overall performance including two new methods in low-level interfaces [#450]
• Text resources for am-pm are mismatched (in non-iso-calendars) [#452]
• Add equals/hashCode-support for platform formatter [#451]
• Prohibit use of Ethiopian hour with PlainTime [#449]
• Code example in documentation of MultiFormatParser is incomplete [#446]

Changed

• Update TZDB-repository to 2016a [#447]

[v3.14-2015g] published on 2016-01-22

Added

• Two new approximation normalizers based on max unit only [#442]
• Add pattern-based factory method to ChronoFormatter for any chronology [#441]
• Introduce or-operator in formatting via builder and pattern [#437}
• Add other historic eras [#436]
• Support for various historical New Year events [#434]
• Date arithmetic on HijriCalendar [#429]
• New methods withVariant(...) on CalendarVariant [#428]
• Dual parsing of embedded or standalone formats [#427]
• Dedicated MultiFormatParser [#426]
• Support for Indian languages gu, kn, mr, pa, ta [#439]
• Support for Burmese (my - Myanmar) [#438]

Fixed

• Setting proleptic julian history on formatter is ignored [#435]
• Semantic of changing historic era in ChronoHistory unclear [#430]

[v3.13-2015g] published on 2015-12-31

Added

• Fixed and flexible day periods with appropriate translations [#369]
• Android: Be aware of user preference for 12/24-hour-format [#424]
• Minguo calendar (Taiwan) [#390]
• Enable localized digits in timezone offsets [#411]
• New getters for day-of-week and day-of-year in PlainDate [#416]
• Query parsed raw data for any registered elements [#415]
• New method CalendarText.getIsoInstance(Locale) [#410]
• New methods CalendarText.patternForXYZ(...) [#410]
• Support for Nepali [#422]
• Support for Mongolian [#421]
• Support for Afrikaans and Zulu [#420]
• Support for the languages Khmer and Lao [#419]

Fixed

• Android: Make app initialization thread-safe [#423]
• PersianCalendar in Farsi language should be with arabext numbers [#425]
• Bidi literals (LRM, RLM, ALM) should be ignored in parsing [#418]
• Formatting Ethiopian time with AM/PM-marker is not in western style [#413]
• Parsing of Ethiopic tabot names broken if not at end of text [#412]

Deprecated

• EthiopianCalendar.getYearOfEra() deprecated and renamed to getYear() [#417]
• CalendarText.getGMTPrefix [#410]
• CalendarText.getFormatPatterns() [#410]
• CalendarText.getTimestampPattern [#410]

[v3.12-2015g] published on 2015-11-30

Added

• Support for Bengali [#409]
• Ethiopian time should support element PlainTime.COMPONENT [#408]

Fixed

• HijriAlgorithm calendar variant broken [#407]
• Broken javadoc links to some serial forms [#406]
• British date format should be in order DMY [#403]

Removed

• Tidy deprecated elements [#404]

[v3.11-2015g] published on 2015-11-22

Added

• Support for Sinhalese [#402]
• Add Ethiopian calendar and time [#389]
• Enable formatting/parsing moments using another calendar [#399]
• GeneralTimestamp should implement ChronoDisplay [#401]
• Add Coptic calendar [#388]
• Support for triennal julian leap years [#393]

Fixed

• Ensure that parsing raw data does not resolve anything [#400]
• Compile problem with text elements in ChronoFormatter.Builder [#398]
• plus/minus(CalendarDays) does not document any exception [#397]
• Arithmetic overflow in ChronoHistory [#391]

Changed (updated/removed/deprecated)

• New method ChronoMerger.getDefaultStartOfDay() [#399]
• Refactor handling of two exotic format attributes [#395]
• Hide internal format attributes of ChronoHistory [#394]

[v3.10-2015g] published on 2015-10-22

Added

• New style-based factory methods for ChronoFormatter [#376], [#377]
• Repository for localized date-time-patterns [#100]
• Support for Amharic (am) [#387]
• Support for Swahili (sw) [#386]
• Support for Uzbek (uz), Turkmen (tk) and Kazakh (kk) [#385]
• Support for Armenian (hy), Azerbaijani (az) and Georgian (ka) [#384]
• Support for Filipino (Tagalog - fil or tl) [#380]
• Support for Icelandic (is) and Malta language (mt) [#375]

Fixed

• Improved parsing of MSK timezone name [#381]
• Negative duration in Arabic sometimes without minus sign [#379]

Changed

• Better translations for various countries (mainly arabic and french) [#383]
• Better translations for Spanish locales in Latin America [#368]
• Low-level interface ChronoMerger with new method [#377]
• Review plural rules [#366]
• Update i18n-data to CLDR-28 [#374]
• Change ISO-8601-fallback-mechanism to CLDR standard [#373]
• FormatPatternProvider.getDateTimePattern() with 3 args [#100]

Removed

• FormatPatternProvider.DEFAULT [#100]

[v3.9-2015g] published on 2015-10-03

Changed

• Update to TZDB-version 2015g

[v3.9-2015f] published on 2015-10-01

Added

• New Persian calendar [#357]
• Support for Pashto language [#358]
• Support for Turkish islamic calendar (Diyanet) [#355]

Fixed

• Non-overridden format attributes should be preserved [#364]
• Enable parsing of timestamps with 24:00 even in strict mode [#363]
• 2015-10-25T02:00+01:00[Europe/Berlin] cannot be parsed [#361]
• Wrong between-calculation with overflow units [#360]
• Pattern letter "L" causes exception for non-iso-dates [#354]

Changed

• Make serialization of HijriCalendar versionable [#356]

Removed

• Interface ExtZoneProvider (no usage) [#371]

[v3.8-2015f] published on 2015-09-15

Added

• Support for Malay language [#353]
• Unify CalendarVariant and Calendrical by new interface CalendarDate [#350]
• Make PatternType.CLDR useable for non-iso-dates [#348]
• New calendar-related class GeneralTimestamp [#340]

Fixed

• Disable parsing of ambivalent text forms [#351]

Changed

• Rename unit pattern resource file names [#352]
• CalendarVariant and Calendrical changed Temporal signature [#350]
• Two specialized now()-methods in ZonalClock changed the return type [#340]

[v3.7-2015f] published on 2015-09-03

Added

• PrettyTime.printRelativeOrDate() using PlainDate [#343]
• Moment-class with a new precision element [#342]

Fixed

• Fix for generics-related problem in PatternType [#346]

[v3.6-2015f] published on 2015-08-31

Added

• Support for algorithmic variants of islamic calendar [#334]
• Create direct option to determine length of Hijri month or year [#337]
• Add toDate() and toTime() in PlainTimestamp [#336]
• New method(s) for printing durations with 1 parameter only [#333]
• Create option to either print relative time or normal date-time [#328]
• Print relative times with abbreviations [#327]
• I18n-support for "yesterday", "today", "tomorrow" [#310]

Fixed

• Printing relative time near a leap second incorrect [#332]
• Behaviour of timezone-offset-parser inconsistent with spec [#330]
• Time-axis-element not fully supported [#329]

Changed

• ISO-formatters need to be strict by default [#331]

[v3.5-2015f] published on 2015-08-19

• Initial release as AAR-library using the code base of Time4J-v3.5 and timezone data 2015f.