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ship the joda time library(http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/) with the IDE. Proven, Apache 2.0 license and infrequently updated.
why?
Why is anything added to netbeans? For convenience. The date/time support in the JDK, e.g., calendars are horrible. This library is extremely popular and infrequently updated.