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Use Joda time if you are using JDK <= 7 and java.time if you are using JDK8 and above.
If you do prefer Scala libraries (when working in Scala), https://github.com/nscala-time/nscala-time wrapper of Joda time
libraryDependencies += "com.github.nscala-time" %% "nscala-time" % "2.16.0"
https://github.com/reactivecodes/scala-time wrapper of java.time
// Requires JDK 1.8 and above
"codes.reactive" %% "scala-time" % "0.4.1"