Java Date is a class used to represent specific points in time, with millisecond precision. It has been largely replaced by the more flexible Java LocalDate and Java LocalDateTime classes in the java.time package, but it is still commonly used in legacy applications. Introduced in Java 1995 with Java 1.0, Date allows developers to manipulate dates and times, perform arithmetic operations, and format date values for display or logging.

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