Return a date, set to midnight of the current local day. - Java java.util

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Return a date, set to midnight of the current local day.

Demo Code

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//package com.java2s;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        System.out.println(today());
    }

    /**
     * Return a date, set to midnight of the current local day.
     * 
     * @return Return a date, set to midnight of the current local day.
     */
    public static Date today() {
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        setMidnight(cal);
        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Return a date, set to midnight of the current day for the given time zone.
     * 
     * @param tz
     * @return Return a date, set to midnight of the current day for the given
     *         time zone.
     */
    public static Date today(final TimeZone tz) {
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        setMidnight(cal);
        return cal.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Set the time component of the calendar to midnight.
     * 
     * @param cal
     */
    public static void setMidnight(final Calendar cal) {
        cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
    }

    /**
     * Set the time component of the date to midnight, using the local time zone.
     * 
     * @param dt
     */
    public static void setMidnight(final Date dt) {
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(dt);
        setMidnight(cal);
        dt.setTime(cal.getTimeInMillis());
    }

    /**
     * Set the time component of the date to midnight.
     * 
     * @param dt
     * @param tz
     */
    public static void setMidnight(final Date dt, final TimeZone tz) {
        final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(tz);
        cal.setTime(dt);
        setMidnight(cal);
        dt.setTime(cal.getTimeInMillis());
    }
}

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