Java Today today()

Description

Get the current date value.

License

Open Source License

Return

Date, default pattern yyyyMMdd.

Declaration

public static Date today() 

Method Source Code

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

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.Locale;

public class Main {
    /** this date format for internal use. **/
    private static final String DATEFORMAT_YYYYMMDD = "yyyyMMdd";

    /**//from  w w  w. j av  a2s  .c  om
     * Get the current date value.
     * 
     * <pre>
     * DateUtils.today() = 20120629
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @return Date, default pattern yyyyMMdd.
     */
    public static Date today() {
        return today(DATEFORMAT_YYYYMMDD);
    }

    /**
     * To get the current time value in accordance with the format specified.
     * 
     * <pre>
     * <code>
     * DateUtils.today("yyyyMMdd") = 20120629
     * </code>
     * </pre>
     * 
     * @param pattern date pattern to truncate the time.
     * @return Date
     */
    public static Date today(String pattern) {
        Date date = getDate();
        if (pattern == null) {
            return date;
        }
        try {
            DateFormat df = getDateFormat(pattern);
            date = df.parse(df.format(getDate()));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            return date;
        }
        return date;
    }

    /**
     * get date.
     * 
     * @return Date.
     */
    public static Date getDate() {
        return new Date();
    }

    /**
     * return date format with Locale US.
     * 
     * @param pattern date format pattern.
     * @return DateFormat
     */
    public static DateFormat getDateFormat(String pattern) {
        return new SimpleDateFormat(pattern, Locale.US);
    }
}

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