Clock clock = Clock.systemDefaultZone();
long millis = clock.millis();
Instant instant = clock.instant();
Date legacyDate = Date.from(instant);  // legacy java.util.Date

System.out.println(ZoneId.getAvailableZoneIds());
// prints all available timezone ids
ZoneId zone1 = ZoneId.of("Europe/Berlin");
ZoneId zone2 = ZoneId.of("Brazil/East");
System.out.println(zone1.getRules());
System.out.println(zone2.getRules());
// ZoneRules[currentStandardOffset=+01:00]
// ZoneRules[currentStandardOffset=-03:00]

LocalTime now1 = LocalTime.now(zone1);
LocalTime now2 = LocalTime.now(zone2);
System.out.println(now1.isBefore(now2)); // false
long hoursBetween = ChronoUnit.HOURS.between(now1, now2);
long minutesBetween = ChronoUnit.MINUTES.between(now1, now2);
System.out.println(hoursBetween);    // -3
System.out.println(minutesBetween);   // -239

LocalTime localTime= LocalTime.of(23, 59, 59);
System.out.println(localTime);    // 23:59:59
DateTimeFormatter germanFormatter =
  DateTimeFormatter
    .ofLocalizedTime(FormatStyle.SHORT)
    .withLocale(Locale.GERMAN);
LocalTime leetTime = localTime.format(germanFormatter);
System.out.println(leetTime);  

LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
LocalDate tomorrow = today.plus(1, ChronoUnit.DAYS);
LocalDate yesterday = tomorrow.minusDays(2);
LocalDate independenceDay = LocalDate.of(2014, Month.JULY, 4);
DayOfWeek dayOfWeek = independenceDay.getDayOfWeek();
System.out.println(dayOfWeek);  // FRIDAY

DateTimeFormatter germanFormatter =
  DateTimeFormatter
    .ofLocalizedDate(FormatStyle.MEDIUM)
    .withLocale(Locale.GERMAN);
LocalDate xmas = LocalDate.parse("24.12.2014", germanFormatter);
System.out.println(xmas);  // 2014-12-24

LocalDateTime sylvester = LocalDateTime.of(2014, Month.DECEMBER, 31, 23, 59, 59);
DayOfWeek dayOfWeek = sylvester.getDayOfWeek();
System.out.println(dayOfWeek);   // WEDNESDAY
Month month = sylvester.getMonth();
System.out.println(month);     // DECEMBER
long minuteOfDay = sylvester.getLong(ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_DAY);
System.out.println(minuteOfDay);  // 1439

Instant instant = sylvester
    .atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
    .toInstant();
Date legacyDate = Date.from(instant);
System.out.println(legacyDate);   // Wed Dec 31 23:59:59 CET 2014

DateTimeFormatter formatter =
  DateTimeFormatter
    .ofPattern("MMM dd, yyyy - HH:mm");
LocalDateTime parsed = LocalDateTime.parse("Nov 03, 2014 - 07:13", formatter);
String string = formatter.format(parsed);
System.out.println(string);   // Nov 03, 2014 - 07:13