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+package de.juplo.jpa.converters;
+
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
+import javax.persistence.AttributeConverter;
+import javax.persistence.Converter;
+
+
+/**
+ * Converts a {@link OffsetDateTime} to a {@link GregorianCalendar}, by first
+ * converting it into a {@link ZonedDateTime} and then converting it as
+ * suggested in the official Java 8 Time tutorial.
+ * <p>
+ * The {@link GregorianCalendar} can then be persisted as
+ * {@link java.persistene.TemporalType.TIMESTAMP} with the help of the
+ * {@link java.persist.Tmporal}-annotation.
+ * @see https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/datetime/iso/legacy.html
+ * @author Kai Moritz
+ */
+@Converter(autoApply = true)
+public class OffsetDateTimeConverter implements AttributeConverter<OffsetDateTime, GregorianCalendar>
+{
+ @Override
+ public GregorianCalendar convertToDatabaseColumn(OffsetDateTime odt)
+ {
+ return GregorianCalendar.from(ZonedDateTime.from(odt));
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public OffsetDateTime convertToEntityAttribute(GregorianCalendar calendar)
+ {
+ return OffsetDateTime.from(calendar.toZonedDateTime());
+ }
+}