title: What is temporal object in Java?
body: <p>I was exploring <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/temporal/TemporalQuery.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>TemporalQuery</code></a> and <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/java/time/temporal/TemporalAccessor.html" rel="noreferrer"><code>TemporalAccessor</code></a> introduced in Java 8. <code>TemporalAccessor</code> seems to be specially designed for temporal objects such as date, time, offset or some combination of these . What are temporal objects? 
  Some googling gave its meaning as </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>An object that changes over time</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>But not able to relate this in the context of Java?</p>