Minimum date in Java

Question

What is the minimum date value in Java?

Answer 1

It's the same as for the Calendar classes.

Try this:

Date d = new Date( Long.MIN_VALUE );
System.out.println( d );

You'll see:

Sun Dec 02 16:47:04 GMT 292269055

But the default date format doesn't include the era - which is BCE for this date.