Versions[edit]
As of September 2020, Java 8 and 11 are supported as Long Term Support (LTS) versions, and one later Java SE non-LTS version is supported[39]. Major release versions of Java, along with their release dates:
| Version | Date |
|---|---|
| JDK Beta | 1995 |
| JDK1.0 | January 23, 1996 [40] |
| JDK 1.1 | February 19, 1997 |
| J2SE 1.2 | December 8, 1998 |
| J2SE 1.3 | May 8, 2000 |
| J2SE 1.4 | February 6, 2002 |
| J2SE 5.0 | September 30, 2004 |
| Java SE 6 | December 11, 2006 |
| Java SE 7 | July 28, 2011 |
| Java SE 8 | March 18, 2014 |
| Java SE 9 | September 21, 2017 |
| Java SE 10 | March 20, 2018 |
| Java SE 11 | September 25, 2018 [41] |
| Java SE 12 | March 19, 2019 |
| Java SE 13 | September 17, 2019 |
| Java SE 14 | March 17, 2020 |
| Java SE 15 | September 15, 2020 |