How to get today's Date?

Question

In other words, I want functionality that provides Joda-Time:

today = today.withTime(0, 0, 0, 0); 

but without Joda-Time, only with java.util.Date.

Methods such as .setHours() and etc. are deprecated. Is there are more correct way?

Answer 1

Date today = new Date(); today.setHours(0); //same for minutes and seconds 

Since the methods are deprecated, you can do this with Calendar:

Calendar today = Calendar.getInstance(); today.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); // same for minutes and seconds 

And if you need a Date object in the end, simply call today.getTime()

Answer 2

Date today = DateUtils.truncate(new Date(), Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); 

DateUtils from Apache Commons-Lang. Watch out for time zone!