Java Utililty Methods Today

return getFormatDateAdd(getDateFromString(sourceDate, format), -1, format);

Long dateTime = date.getTime();
Long startTodayTime = getStartOfToday().getTime();
if (dateTime < startTodayTime) {
    return true;
} else {
    return false;

return date.compareTo(getToday()) < 0;

try {
    if (dateString.trim().length() < 12) {
        dateString += " 00:00:00";
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
    Date dueDate = sdf.parse(dateString);
    GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
    Date today = calendar.getTime();
...

return sameDay(d1, new Date());

Date now = onlyDate(new Date());
Date d = onlyDate(date);
return now.equals(d);

if (date == null) {
    return false;
String dateAsText = toDateText(date);
String todayAsText = toDateText(now());
return dateAsText.equals(todayAsText);

Date now = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
if (timezone != null) {
    df.setTimeZone(timezone);
return df.format(now).equals(df.format(date));

Calendar someCa = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
someCa.setTime(dateTime);
int syear = someCa.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int smonth = someCa.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int sday = someCa.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);
Calendar currentCa = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
int cyear = currentCa.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int cmonth = currentCa.get(Calendar.MONTH);
...

final Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTime(date);
final int year = calendar.get(YEAR);
final int month = calendar.get(MONTH);
final int day = calendar.get(DAY);
final Calendar today = Calendar.getInstance();
today.setTime(now());
final int tyear = today.get(YEAR);
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