Java Year createCalendarAtBeginningOfYear(int year)

Description

create Calendar At Beginning Of Year

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static Calendar createCalendarAtBeginningOfYear(int year) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*//from  w ww  .  ja v a 2 s  . c om
 * Copyright (c) 2014 Brockmann Consult GmbH (info@brockmann-consult.de)
 *
 * 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.*;

public class Main {
    public static Calendar createCalendarAtBeginningOfYear(int year) {
        final GregorianCalendar calendar = createUtcCalendar();

        calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
        calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, 0);
        calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, 1);
        calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
        calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

        return calendar;
    }

    public static GregorianCalendar createUtcCalendar() {
        return new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"), Locale.ENGLISH);
    }

    public static GregorianCalendar createUtcCalendar(Date date) {
        final GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"), Locale.ENGLISH);
        calendar.setTime(date);
        return calendar;
    }
}

Related

1. currentYear()
2. daysInYear(int year)
3. differenceInYears(final Calendar a, final Calendar b)
4. diffYears(Date day1, Date day2)