What's the difference between import java.util.*; and import java.util.Date; ?

Question

When I wrote

import java.util.*;

at the beginning and 

 System.out.println(new Date());

in the main part, I am getting an output like this

Date@124bbbf

when I changed the import to import java.util.Date; it works perfectly. Can someone tell me the difference between the two import st

Answer 1

A java.util.*; can import all the APIs present in the folder but Java.util.Date would only import Date API. When you use Java.util.* and call date method, there might be some other method named date other than the date method we want and the compiler could end up using that wrong date method. So, it is better to use proper Java.util.Date to get the Date method that you want and also avoid using the same name for the methods.

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