Java Today isToday(Date date, TimeZone timezone)

Description

Returns true if date is today.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	a parameter

Return

true if date is today

Declaration

public static boolean isToday(Date date, TimeZone timezone) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns true if date is today.
     *
     * @param date
     * @return true if date is today
     */
    public static boolean isToday(Date date, TimeZone timezone) {
        Date now = new Date();
        SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
        if (timezone != null) {
            df.setTimeZone(timezone);
        }
        return df.format(now).equals(df.format(date));
    }
}

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