diff --git a/java-dates-2/.gitignore b/java-dates-2/.gitignore
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--- a/java-dates-2/.gitignore
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-*.class
-
-0.*
-
-#folders#
-/target
-/neoDb*
-/data
-/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/classes
-*/META-INF/*
-.resourceCache
-
-# Packaged files #
-*.jar
-*.war
-*.ear
-
-# Files generated by integration tests
-*.txt
-backup-pom.xml
-/bin/
-/temp
-
-#IntelliJ specific
-.idea/
-*.iml
-
-#jenv
-.java-version
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diff --git a/java-dates-2/pom.xml b/java-dates-2/pom.xml
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index 93216e3ffa..0000000000
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@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-
- 4.0.0
- com.baeldung
- java-dates-2
- 0.1.0-SNAPSHOT
- jar
- java-dates-2
-
-
- com.baeldung
- parent-java
- 0.0.1-SNAPSHOT
- ../parent-java
-
-
-
-
-
- org.assertj
- assertj-core
- ${assertj.version}
- test
-
-
-
-
- java-dates-2
-
-
- src/main/resources
- true
-
-
-
-
-
- org.apache.maven.plugins
- maven-compiler-plugin
- ${maven-compiler-plugin.version}
-
-
- ${maven.compiler.target}
-
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- 3.6.1
- 1.9
- 1.9
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diff --git a/java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlgregoriancalendar/XmlGregorianCalendarConverterUnitTest.java b/java-dates-2/src/test/java/com/baeldung/xmlgregoriancalendar/XmlGregorianCalendarConverterUnitTest.java
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-package com.baeldung.xmlgregoriancalendar;
-
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-import javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeConfigurationException;
-import javax.xml.datatype.DatatypeFactory;
-import javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar;
-import java.time.LocalDate;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-
-public class XmlGregorianCalendarConverterUnitTest {
-
- @Test
- public void fromLocalDateToXMLGregorianCalendar() throws DatatypeConfigurationException {
- LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(2017, 4, 25);
- XMLGregorianCalendar xmlGregorianCalendar = DatatypeFactory.newInstance().newXMLGregorianCalendar(localDate.toString());
-
- assertThat(xmlGregorianCalendar.getYear()).isEqualTo(localDate.getYear());
- assertThat(xmlGregorianCalendar.getMonth()).isEqualTo(localDate.getMonthValue());
- assertThat(xmlGregorianCalendar.getDay()).isEqualTo(localDate.getDayOfMonth());
- }
-
- @Test
- public void fromXMLGregorianCalendarToLocalDate() throws DatatypeConfigurationException {
- XMLGregorianCalendar xmlGregorianCalendar = DatatypeFactory.newInstance().newXMLGregorianCalendar("2017-04-25");
- LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of(xmlGregorianCalendar.getYear(), xmlGregorianCalendar.getMonth(), xmlGregorianCalendar.getDay());
-
- assertThat(localDate.getYear()).isEqualTo(xmlGregorianCalendar.getYear());
- assertThat(localDate.getMonthValue()).isEqualTo(xmlGregorianCalendar.getMonth());
- assertThat(localDate.getDayOfMonth()).isEqualTo(xmlGregorianCalendar.getDay());
- }
-
-}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac1273b28d..58d57ade05 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -440,7 +440,6 @@
java-collections-conversions
java-collections-maps
- java-dates-2
java-lite
java-numbers