Here you can find the source of getYearStart(int year)
public static Date getYearStart(int year)
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2014 United States Government as represented by the * Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. * All Rights Reserved.// ww w. j a v a 2s . c o m * * Licensed 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.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { private static final TimeZone GMT_TIME_ZONE = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"); public static Date getYearStart(int year) { Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(GMT_TIME_ZONE); c.set(Calendar.YEAR, year); c.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1); c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0); return c.getTime(); } public static Date getYearStart(Date date) { Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(GMT_TIME_ZONE); c.setTime(date); c.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1); c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); c.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0); return c.getTime(); } }