Phase 4: Replace Joda-Time with java.time

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Summary

Complete removal of Joda-Time dependency, replacing all org.joda.time.DateTime usage with java.time.OffsetDateTime across 17 files.

Changes by category:

Domain entities:

• Article.java, Comment.java: DateTime → OffsetDateTime, new DateTime() → OffsetDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC)

DTOs:

• ArticleData.java, CommentData.java: DateTime → OffsetDateTime fields

Infrastructure:

• DateTimeHandler.java: MyBatis TypeHandler rewritten for OffsetDateTime (using Timestamp.from(instant) / timestamp.toInstant().atOffset(UTC))
• DateTimeCursor.java: cursor serialization using Instant.toEpochMilli() / Instant.ofEpochMilli()
• CommentReadService.java: updated mapper type parameter

Application/GraphQL layer:

• JacksonCustomizations.java: replaced Joda serializer with DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME
• ArticleQueryService.java, CommentQueryService.java: CursorPageParameter<OffsetDateTime>
• ArticleDatafetcher.java, CommentDatafetcher.java: replaced ISODateTimeFormat with DateTimeFormatter

Tests:

• TestHelper.java, ArticleApiTest.java, ArticlesApiTest.java, ArticleQueryServiceTest.java: updated to use OffsetDateTime

build.gradle:

• Removed joda-time:joda-time:2.10.13 dependency

All 68 tests pass with ./gradlew test.

Review & Testing Checklist for Human

• Run ./gradlew test - all 68 tests should pass
• Start the app with ./gradlew bootRun and verify REST responses serialize dates in ISO-8601 format (e.g. 2026-05-21T12:30:00Z)
• Test GraphQL endpoint /graphql - verify createdAt/updatedAt fields in article and comment queries return ISO-8601 strings
• Verify no remaining Joda-Time references: grep -r "org.joda" src/ should return nothing

Notes

Phase 4 of 4. Builds on Phase 3 (PR #608). This completes the full migration from Java 11 + Spring Boot 2.6.3 to Java 17 + Spring Boot 3.4.1 with modern dependencies.

Link to Devin session: https://app.devin.ai/sessions/e28d39518c344b59883ff9b9b60cdc8b
Requested by: @luisblascocog

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🟡 buildCommentResult uses getCreatedAt() for updatedAt instead of getUpdatedAt()

In CommentDatafetcher.buildCommentResult, the .updatedAt(...) field is populated using comment.getCreatedAt() instead of comment.getUpdatedAt(). This means the GraphQL Comment.updatedAt response field will always return the creation timestamp rather than the update timestamp. This was a pre-existing bug from the old Joda-Time code, but since the PR rewrote these lines during the migration, it carried the bug forward.

Current MyBatis mapping masks the bug

Currently in src/main/resources/mapper/TransferData.xml:35-36, both fields are mapped from the same DB column (commentCreatedAt), so the values happen to be identical. However, the comments table does have a separate updated_at column (src/main/resources/db/migration/V1__create_tables.sql:48), so the bug will surface if the query and mapping are ever fixed to use the correct column.

Suggested change

	.updatedAt(comment.getCreatedAt().format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME))
	.updatedAt(comment.getUpdatedAt().format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_OFFSET_DATE_TIME))

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End-to-End Test Results

Booted the app locally (./gradlew bootRun, Spring Boot 3.4.1 on Java 17) and tested 8 scenarios via curl against localhost:8080.

All 8 tests passed

#	Test	Result	Key Evidence
1	User Registration + JWT	✅ passed	HTTP 201, HS512 JWT with 3 segments
2	Login + Token Validation (JJWT 0.12.6 round-trip)	✅ passed	Login 200, GET /user with token 200
3	Create Article + ISO-8601 Dates (REST)	✅ passed	createdAt: 2026-05-21T12:59:14.573Z
4	GET Article + Date Persistence Round-trip	✅ passed	Dates survive SQLite write→read, recent & with TZ
5	GraphQL Article Query + Dates	✅ passed	ISO-8601 in articles query, no errors
6	Comment Creation + GraphQL Comment Dates	✅ passed	REST 201, GraphQL ISO-8601 dates
7	Spring Security 6 Access Control	✅ passed	Public=200, Protected (no token)=401
8	Jakarta Validation	✅ passed	HTTP 422 with field-level errors

Unit tests: 68 passed, 0 failures, 0 errors

BUILD SUCCESSFUL
Total tests: 68
Total failures: 0
Total errors: 0

Key date serialization evidence

REST response (POST /articles):

"createdAt": "2026-05-21T12:59:14.573Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-05-21T12:59:14.573Z"

GraphQL response ({ articles(first:1) { edges { node { createdAt updatedAt } } } }):

"createdAt": "2026-05-21T12:59:14.573Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-05-21T12:59:14.573Z"

REST comment (POST /articles/test-article/comments):

"createdAt": "2026-05-21T12:59:42.942Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-05-21T12:59:42.942Z"

Note: Pre-existing bug preserved during migration — CommentDatafetcher.buildCommentResult uses getCreatedAt() for both updatedAt and createdAt in GraphQL (as flagged by Devin Review).

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