Get Today's date in Java at midnight time

Question

I need to create two date objects. If the current date and time is March 9th 2012 11:30 AM then

• date object d1 should be 9th March 2012 12:00 AM
• date object d2 should contain the current date itself

The date will not be entered, it is system date.

Update:

Date dt = new Date(); System.out.print(dt.toString()); 

gives current date and time

Answer 1

Date date = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm"); System.out.println(sdf.format(date)); 

Answer 2

    Calendar c = new GregorianCalendar();     c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); //anything 0 - 23     c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);     c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);     Date d1 = c.getTime(); //the midnight, that's the first second of the day. 

should be Fri Mar 09 00:00:00 IST 2012