Java Today today()

Description

Returns a trimmed version of today's date

License

Open Source License

Return

trimmed date

Declaration

public static Date today() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  w  w  w.ja v  a  2  s . c om*/
 * jGnash, a personal finance application
 * Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Craig Cavanaugh
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 *
 *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 *  GNU General Public License for more details.
 *
 *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    /**
     * ThreadLocal for a {@code GregorianCalendar}
     */
    private static final ThreadLocal<GregorianCalendar> gregorianCalendarThreadLocal = new ThreadLocal<GregorianCalendar>() {
        @Override
        protected GregorianCalendar initialValue() {
            return new GregorianCalendar();
        }
    };

    /**
     * Returns a trimmed version of today's date
     *
     * @return trimmed date
     */
    public static Date today() {
        return trimDate(new Date());
    }

    /**
     * Trims the date so that only the day, month, and year are significant.
     *
     * @param date date to trim
     * @return leveled date
     */
    public static Date trimDate(final Date date) {
        final GregorianCalendar c = gregorianCalendarThreadLocal.get();

        c.setTime(date);

        c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);

        return c.getTime();
    }
}

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