This tutorial shows you how to work with java.util.Date and java.util.Calendar. Few examples to work with Date APIs. Example 1.1 â Convert Date to String. SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dd/M/yyyy); String date = sdf.format(new Date()); System.out.println(date); //15/10/2013. Example 1.2 â Convert String to Date.
In Greek mythology, Charon was the ferryman of the Underworld, who's duty was the ferry the souls of the dead across the Rivers Acheron and Styx. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Charon is considered to be a child of Erebus (Primordial God of Darkness) and Nyx (Primordial Goddess of Night.
Charon's obol. Charon's obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth of a dead person before burial. Greek and Latin literary sources specify the coin as an obol, and explain it as a payment or bribe for Charon, the ferryman who conveyed souls across the river that divided the world of the living from the world of the dead.