Here you can find the source of getTodayDate()
public static final Date getTodayDate() throws ParseException
//package com.java2s; /**/*from w w w. j a v a 2 s . c om*/ * DateTimeUtil.java * * Copyright 2010 @company@, Inc. * * @company@ licenses this file to you under the Apache License, version 2.0 * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the * License. You may obtain a copy of the License at: * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations * under the License. */ import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static final Date getTodayDate() throws ParseException { return parseDateFromDateStr(formatDate2DateStr(new Date())); } /** * parse date from string "yyyy-MM-dd" * * @param dateStr * @return date * @throws ParseException */ public static final Date parseDateFromDateStr(String dateStr) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); return s.parse(dateStr); } /** * Format the current date time to "yyyy-MM-dd" format string. * * @return */ public static final String formatDate2DateStr() { return formatDate2DateStr(new Date()); } /** * Format the given date time to "yyyy-MM-dd" format string. * * @param date * @return */ public static final String formatDate2DateStr(Date date) { SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); return s.format(date); } /** * Format the given millisecond to "yyyy-MM-dd" format string.<br/> * begain with 1970-01-01 08:00:00.000 * * @param millisecond * @return */ public static final String formatDate2DateStr(long millisecond) { SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); return s.format(new Date(millisecond)); } }