JsonDateHandling (Groovy 6.0.0-RC-1)

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Enum constants

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Enum constants

groovy.json.JsonDateHandling

```
public enum JsonDateHandling
```
What a slurper makes of a string in a full ISO-8601 or JSON-date form.
This applies to JsonParserType.INDEX_OVERLAY and JsonParserType.LAX. The other two parser types have no date handling and return the string whatever is chosen here. A date carrying no time, such as "2026-09-04", is left as a String by every parser type.
Since:
6.0.0

Enum Constants Summary

Enum constants classes
Enum constant	Description
`INSTANT`	Convert to a Instant, which like Date is a point on the timeline and so does not preserve an offset in the source.
`OFFSET_DATE_TIME`	Convert to a OffsetDateTime, the only choice here that keeps the offset the document carried.
`STRING`	Leave it as a `String`, as it appears in the document.
`UTIL_DATE`	Convert to a Date.

Inherited Methods Summary

Inherited Methods
Methods inherited from class	Name
`class Object`	`equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

- Enum Constant Detail
  - JsonDateHandling INSTANT
    
    Convert to a Instant, which like Date is a point on the timeline and so does not preserve an offset in the source.
  - JsonDateHandling OFFSET_DATE_TIME
    
    Convert to a OffsetDateTime, the only choice here that keeps the offset the document carried.
  - JsonDateHandling STRING
    
    Leave it as a String, as it appears in the document.
  - JsonDateHandling UTIL_DATE
    
    Convert to a Date. This is the default, and what a slurper has always done. A Date is an instant, so an offset in the source is not preserved.

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