(2) Migrating to the new Date Time API

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Branch Name

issue_233_date_time_api

Related Issues

Closes #233 (closed); Closes #238 (closed);

Dependencies

• !235 (merged)
• !230 (merged)
• !246 (merged)

Description

This merge request will update the usage of the obsolete Legacy Date Time Code (java.util) to the new Date Time API (java.time) introduced in Java 8. This will make it much easier to handle date calculations.

• NOTE: This merge request will increase the minSdkVersion from 24 to 26.

Steps to Test

Navigate through each Fragment of the 'Check Expiration Date Feature' and make sure the date are still being calculated and displayed the same.

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Developer Notes

• Merged branch issue_227_traffic_light_fragment into this branch
• Merged branch issue_232_upgrade_agp into this branch
• Increased minSdkVersion from 24 to 26
• Converted old Date Time Code to use the new Date Time API
• Added switch case for `Package use-by date" to fix issue #238 (closed)

LABELS

NEST component:check-expiration-date type::refactor status::done