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  <author>Al Major</author>
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To use Joda-Time you need to
<a href="download.html">download the latest version</a>.
The download will contain the joda-time jar file.
Once you add this to your classpath you will be able to use Joda-Time.
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The binary download also includes joda-time-sources.jar, which is a jar file
of the source code suitable for linking to the jar file in IDEs such as Eclipse.
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The release notes for upgraders can be found here:
<ul>
<li><a href="upgradeto240.html">Version 2.4</a> - upgrade from Version 2.3</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto230.html">Version 2.3</a> - upgrade from Version 2.2</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto220.html">Version 2.2</a> - upgrade from Version 2.1</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto210.html">Version 2.1</a> - upgrade from Version 2.0</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto200.html">Version 2.0</a> - upgrade from Version 1.6</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto162.html">Version 1.6.2</a> - upgrade from Version 1.6.1</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto161.html">Version 1.6.1</a> - upgrade from Version 1.6</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto160.html">Version 1.6</a> - upgrade from Version 1.5</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto152.html">Version 1.5.2</a> - upgrade from Version 1.5.1</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto151.html">Version 1.5.1</a> - upgrade from Version 1.5</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto150.html">Version 1.5</a> - upgrade from Version 1.4</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto140.html">Version 1.4</a> - upgrade from Version 1.3</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto130.html">Version 1.3</a> - upgrade from Version 1.2</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto120.html">Version 1.2</a> - upgrade from Version 1.1</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto110.html">Version 1.1</a> - upgrade from Version 1.0</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto100.html">Version 1.0</a> - upgrade from Version 0.99</li>
<li><a href="upgradeto099.html">Version 0.99</a> - upgrade from Version 0.98</li>
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If you want to build Joda-Time from source you will need
<a href="http://ant.apache.org">Apache Ant</a> or <a href="http://maven.apache.org">Apache Maven</a>.
Search to find out more about building using those tools.
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