Java Release Dates

[Musab Al-Rawi]

Hi,

I just realized that there is a newer version of Java (click here)

I have been trying to get release date of Java 1.6 update 3 and 1.6 update 4 to know if I can still submit my assignment compiled with update 3 but i couldn't find release dates.

Does anyone know where I can find release dates?

[mohamed sulibi]

hi;

i think sun mean production version so you must read the following docuemnt
about the Java Product version, JavaTM SE 6, Platform Name and Version Numbers

but for date, i don't know when the version 1.7 will avaliable and then
exceed 18 months.

BR;
mohamed Darim , SCJP, SCJD in progress ...

[Ulf Dittmer]

I'm no expert on the SCJD, but I don't think the release dates of the patch updates (3, 4, ...) matter. What matters is the date of the first release of Java 6.

[mohamed sulibi]

hi Musab Al-Rawi;

the following link provide the date of Java 6, Java Version 6 Date
very thunks for your question.

BR;
Mohamed Darim, SCJP, SCJD in progress ...

[Musab Al-Rawi]

Hi again,
Thanks Mohamad, from the date (Sept 07) I can tell that I can still submit with the current version.

[Ulf Dittmer]

Originally posted by mohamed sulibi:
the following link provide the date of Java 6, Java Version 6 Date

That page specifically talks about the "Update N" release of Java 6, which is most definitely irrelevant to the SCJD (and 9/27 is the date of an early alpha build anyway, while the SCJD dates concern themselves with production release dates).

But since Java 7 has not been released yet, any version of Java 6 would be fine to use.

[Aaron John]

Silly question. I'm about to start this assignment using Java 6 update 4. Is this acceptable, i.e. it is a production version?

[Ulf Dittmer]

Originally posted by Aaron John:
I'm about to start this assignment using Java 6 update 4. Is this acceptable, i.e. it is a production version?

Yes, as you can see here.