I have a String variable called time is 2016-11-30T00:06:42+05:30
and a duration 32700 i.e 545 minutes.
I want to add duration to above string time stamp and need to calculate start time and end time.
So i want to get StartTime:00:06 and EndTime:09:05.
I tried this but doesn't work
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
Date date = sdf.parse(startTime.toString());
Timestamp ts_now = new Timestamp(date.getTime());
System.out.println(">>>>>>"+date);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTimeInMillis(ts_now.getTime());
cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, Integer.parseInt(Value.toString()));
Timestamp later = new Timestamp(cal.getTime().getTime());
System.out.println(">>>>>>"+later);
I tried with X ,Z but got error like
Exception in thread "main" java.text.ParseException: Unparseable date: "2016-11-30T00:06:42+05:30"
at java.text.DateFormat.parse(DateFormat.java:366)
at oneraise.radis.thread.mavenproject1.ParseJson.main(ParseJson.java:48)
I am new to java can anybody help me
Thanks
tl;dr
OffsetDateTime.parse( "2016-11-30T00:06:42+05:30" )
.plus( Duration.ofSeconds( 32_700L ) )
Details
Avoid the troublesome and confusing date-time classes such as java.util.Date and Calendar, now legacy, supplanted by the java.time classes.
Your input string complies with standard ISO 8601 formats. Such strings can be directly parsed by java.time classes with no need to specify a formatting pattern.
Parse as an OffsetDateTime object.
OffsetDateTime odt = OffsetDateTime.parse( "2016-11-30T00:06:42+05:30" );
The ZonedDateTime class used in another Answer is inappropriate here. This input string contains only an offset-from-UTC, not a full time zone such as Asia/Kolkata. So OffsetDateTime is the class to use here.
The Duration class handles your span of time, a count of seconds.
Duration d = Duration.ofSeconds( 32_700L );
Add to your date-time object.
OffsetDateTime odtLater = odt.plus( d );
Tip: To view the OffsetDateTime value in UTC, extract an Instant.
Instant instant = odt.toInstant();
Database
For database access, your JDBC 4.2 compliant driver may be able to work with java.time objects via the get/setObject methods.
If so, no need to use the old java.sql.Timestamp class or its siblings.
myPreparedStatement.setObject( … , odt );
If not, use the new conversion methods added to the old date-lime classes.
java.sql.Timestamp ts = java.sql.Timestamp.from( odt.toInstant() );
Here is the format for the string you have given
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssX");
SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
Date date;
try
{
Here I've parsed the string you have given. If you want the current time, use date = new Date();
date = sdf.parse("2016-11-30T00:06:42+05:30");
System.out.println(date);
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(date);
Here I've added your interval
cal.add(Calendar.SECOND, 32700);
System.out.println(cal.getTime());
String output = outputFormat.format(date);
System.out.println(output);
String output2 = outputFormat.format(cal.getTime());
System.out.println(output2);
}
catch (ParseException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
Here is the output. I'm in a different timezone.
Tue Nov 29 13:06:42 CST 2016
Tue Nov 29 22:11:42 CST 2016
13:06
22:11
If in your code I change the initialization of the date format to:
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX");
— and I set my computer’s time zone to IST, I get the following output:
>>>>>>Wed Nov 30 00:06:42 IST 2016
>>>>>>2016-11-30 09:11:42.0
Alternatively you may use the Java 8 time classes, but convert to good old Timestamp if this is what you need. Edit: I am thankful to Basil Bourque for correctly pointing out that OffsetDateTime is the class to use, and for the method for converting to timestamp. See his answer for the full explanation.
Instant laterInstant = OffsetDateTime.parse(startTime.toString())
.plusSeconds(Integer.parseInt(value.toString()))
.toInstant();
Timestamp ts = Timestamp.from(laterInstant);
System.out.println(ts);
This prints:
2016-11-30 09:11:42.0
I believe the above does what you want.
I am trying to add 17 days to 10-APR-2014 and convert the date to dd-MMM-yyyy format, but I am getting Sun Apr 27 00:00:00 GMT+05:30 2014.
Here is my code:
import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;
public class HelloWorld{
public static void main(String []args){
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(new Date());
c.add(Calendar.DATE, 17);
String output = sdf.format(c.getTime());
System.out.println(output);
System.out.print(new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy").parse(output));
}
}
How can I make the output be 27-Apr-2014?
You are printing a Date parsed from a String formatted from the calendar date.
Instead, print the formatted calendar date:
System.out.print(new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy").format(c.getTime()));
If displaying and using the dates is disjunct, do this:
Date date; // from Calendar or wherever
String str = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy").format(date));
// display str
Then when you want to do something with a selected date:
String selection;
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy").parse(selection));
// do something with date
The answer by Bohemian is correct. Here I present an alternative solution.
Avoid j.u.Date
The java.util.Date and .Calendar classes bundled with Java are notoriously troublesome. Avoid them. Use either Joda-Time or the new java.time package in Java 8.
Date-Only
If you need only a date, without any time component, both Joda-Time and java.time offer a LocalDate class.
Time Zone
Even for a date-only, you still need a time zone to get "today". At any moment the date may vary ±1 depending on your location on the globe. If you do not specify a time zone, the JVM's default time zone will be applied.
Example Code
Here is some example code in Joda-Time 2.3.
Determine "today" based on some time zone. Add seventeen days.
DateTimeZone timeZone = DateTimeZone.forID( "Asia/Kolkata" );
LocalDate today = new LocalDate( timeZone );
LocalDate seventeenDaysLater = today.plusDays( 17 );
Generate a String representation of the date-time value…
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern( "dd-MMM-yyyy" );
String output = formatter.print( seventeenDaysLater );
Dump to console…
System.out.println( "today: " + today );
System.out.println( "seventeenDaysLater: " + seventeenDaysLater );
System.out.println( "output: " + output );
When run…
today: 2014-04-21
seventeenDaysLater: 2014-05-08
output: 08-May-2014
I need to display time zone in CET in my java application.
And I am using following code to achieve this.
String OLD_FORMAT = "yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss";
String NEW_FORMAT = "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss";
String date = "20140217 14:45:28";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(OLD_FORMAT);
TimeZone zone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+1");
sdf.setTimeZone(zone);
Date d = null;
d = sdf.parse(date);
sdf.applyPattern(NEW_FORMAT);
date = sdf.format(d);
and I am using the date object to print the date on UI.
OR
TimeZone zone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET");
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss");
sdf.setTimeZone(zone);
But using the either of above piece of code i am getting GMT time which is one hour behind CET.
FOr example if I execute the code now, I will get 1:32:50 PM where as its 2:32:50 PM as per http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/central-european-time/
Any one any idea what might be going wrong here ?
UPDATE : I have found the issue. I made a silly mistake as I had to set the time first to GMT (the datetime i was getting was in GMT) and then change it to CET. Its working now. Thanks much everyone for the reply.
Maybe you are passing the wrong date to the SimpleDateFormat instance. I've written a small to test your code and it seems to work:
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.TimeZone;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
TimeZone zone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+1");
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss");
sdf.setTimeZone(zone);
TimeZone zone2 = TimeZone.getTimeZone("CET");
SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss");
sdf2.setTimeZone(zone2);
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 15);
c.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
c.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
c.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+3"));
System.out.println(sdf.format(c.getTime()));
System.out.println(sdf2.format(c.getTime()));
}
}
java.util.Date does not have a TimeZone, it's essentially a long (milliseconds since epoch). If you want to keep the timezone, you must use java.util.Calendar or even better, use joda-time
The second piece of code should do the trick.
Note that CET in java actually means CET in winter and CEST in summer which is what you want I assume. GMT+1 would not actually switch to summer time so you'd be stuck in winter time if you use that.
If the outputted value is still wrong you are giving it the wrong date to format.
Perhaps you made the same timezone error when parsing the date?
Avoid 3-Letter Codes
Those three-letter time zone codes are neither standardized nor unique. And they get confusing with regards to Daylight Saving Time (DST). Instead use proper time zone names.
There are a few dozen such names for +01:00. Choose the one that represents your applicable rules for DST and other anomalies. My example code arbitrarily chose Paris time zone.
Confusing Question
I could not understand if your input string represented a date-time at UTC or already in a +01:00 time zone. My example code below has two variations, covering both cases.
Also, you would have found your question already asked and answered many times on StackOverflow if you searched.
Joda-Time
The bundled java.util.Date and Calendar classes are notoriously troublesome. Avoid them. Use either:
Joda-Time
java.time.* package, new in Java 8(informed by Joda-Time, defined by JSR 310, and supplanting the old Date/Calendar classes)
Example Code
String input = "20140217 14:45:28";
// Formatters
DateTimeFormatter formatterInput = DateTimeFormat.forPattern( "yyyyMMdd HH:mm:ss" );
DateTimeFormatter formatterOutput = DateTimeFormat.forPattern( "dd.MM.yyyy HH:mm:ss" );
// Use a proper time zone name rather than 3-letter codes.
DateTimeZone timeZoneParis = DateTimeZone.forID( "Europe/Paris" );
// If that input was meant to be in UTC, and then adjusted to +01:00.
DateTime dateTimeAsUtc = formatterInput.withZone( DateTimeZone.UTC ).parseDateTime( input );
DateTime dateTimeAdjustedToParis = dateTimeAsUtc.withZone( timeZoneParis );
// Or, if that input was already in +01:00.
DateTime dateTimeAsParis = formatterInput.withZone( timeZoneParis ).parseDateTime( input );
Dump to console…
System.out.println( "input: " + input );
System.out.println( "dateTimeAsUtc: " + dateTimeAsUtc );
System.out.println( "dateTimeAdjustedToParis: " + dateTimeAdjustedToParis );
System.out.println( "dateTimeAdjustedToParis thru formatter: " + formatterOutput.print( dateTimeAdjustedToParis ) );
System.out.println( "dateTimeAsParis: " + dateTimeAsParis );
When run…
input: 20140217 14:45:28
dateTimeAsUtc: 2014-02-17T14:45:28.000Z
dateTimeAdjustedToParis: 2014-02-17T15:45:28.000+01:00
dateTimeAdjustedToParis thru formatter: 17.02.2014 15:45:28
dateTimeAsParis: 2014-02-17T14:45:28.000+01:00
I use the following code to get the date and time of my country;
String TIME_SERVER = "time-a.nist.gov";
NTPUDPClient timeClient = new NTPUDPClient();
InetAddress inetAddress = InetAddress.getByName(TIME_SERVER);
TimeInfo timeInfo = timeClient.getTime(inetAddress);
long returnTime = timeInfo.getMessage().getTransmitTimeStamp().getTime();
Date time = new Date(returnTime);
Maybe it helps you, if it doesn't, just put a comment and i will delete my answer.
I have a string like this 2013-10-22T01:37:56. I Need to change this string into UTC Date format like this MM/dd/yyyy KK:mm:ss a. I have tried some code but it is not returning the UTC datetime.
My code is
String[] time = itsAlarmDttm.split("T");
String aFormatDate = time[0]+ " "+time[1];
String aRevisedDate = null;
try {
final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
final Date dateObj = sdf.parse(aFormatDate);
aRevisedDate = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy KK:mm:ss a").format(dateObj);
System.out.println(aRevisedDate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
itsLogger.error("Error occured in Parsing the Data Time Object: " +e.getMessage());
} catch (Exception e) {
itsLogger.error("Error occured in Data Time Objecct: " +e.getMessage());
}
I am getting the output is MM/dd/yyyy KK:mm:ss a format. But Not UTC time format.
How to solve this issue?
Try this... Worked for me and printed 10/22/2013 01:37:56 AM Ofcourse this is your code only with little modifications.
final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss");
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); // This line converts the given date into UTC time zone
final java.util.Date dateObj = sdf.parse("2013-10-22T01:37:56");
aRevisedDate = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy KK:mm:ss a").format(dateObj);
System.out.println(aRevisedDate);
Try to format your date with the Z or z timezone flags:
new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy KK:mm:ss a Z").format(dateObj);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss" );
// or SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "MM/dd/yyyy KK:mm:ss a Z" );
sdf.setTimeZone( TimeZone.getTimeZone( "UTC" ) );
System.out.println( sdf.format( new Date() ) );
What Time Zones?
No where in your question do you mention time zone. What time zone is implied that input string? What time zone do you want for your output? And, UTC is a time zone (or lack thereof depending on your mindset) not a string format.
ISO 8601
Your input string is in ISO 8601 format, except that it lacks an offset from UTC.
Joda-Time
Here is some example code in Joda-Time 2.3 to show you how to handle time zones. Joda-Time has built-in default formatters for parsing and generating String representations of date-time values.
String input = "2013-10-22T01:37:56";
DateTime dateTimeUtc = new DateTime( input, DateTimeZone.UTC );
DateTime dateTimeMontréal = dateTimeUtc.withZone( DateTimeZone.forID( "America/Montreal" );
String output = dateTimeMontréal.toString();
As for generating string representations in other formats, search StackOverflow for "Joda format".
java.time
It’s about time someone provides the modern answer. The modern solution uses java.time, the modern Java date and time API. The classes SimpleDateFormat and Date used in the question and in a couple of the other answers are poorly designed and long outdated, the former in particular notoriously troublesome. TimeZone is poorly designed to. I recommend you avoid those.
ZoneId utc = ZoneId.of("Etc/UTC");
DateTimeFormatter targetFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(
"MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a zzz", Locale.ENGLISH);
String itsAlarmDttm = "2013-10-22T01:37:56";
ZonedDateTime utcDateTime = LocalDateTime.parse(itsAlarmDttm)
.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault())
.withZoneSameInstant(utc);
String formatterUtcDateTime = utcDateTime.format(targetFormatter);
System.out.println(formatterUtcDateTime);
When running in my time zone, Europe/Copenhagen, the output is:
10/21/2013 11:37:56 PM UTC
I have assumed that the string you got was in the default time zone of your JVM, a fragile assumption since that default setting can be changed at any time from another part of your program or another programming running in the same JVM. If you can, instead specify time zone explicitly, for example ZoneId.of("Europe/Podgorica") or ZoneId.of("Asia/Kolkata").
I am exploiting the fact that you string is in ISO 8601 format, the format the the modern classes parse as their default, that is, without any explicit formatter.
I am using a ZonedDateTime for the result date-time because it allows us to format it with UTC in the formatted string to eliminate any and all doubt. For other purposes one would typically have wanted an OffsetDateTime or an Instant instead.
Links
Oracle tutorial: Date Time explaining how to use java.time.
Wikipedia article: ISO 8601
I need a Java program to get the current date without a timestamp:
Date d = new Date();
gives me date and timestamp.
But I need only the date, without a timestamp. I use this date to compare with another date object that does not have a timestamp.
On printing
System.out.println("Current Date : " + d)
of d it should print May 11 2010 - 00:00:00.
A java.util.Date object is a kind of timestamp - it contains a number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 UTC. So you can't use a standard Date object to contain just a day / month / year, without a time.
As far as I know, there's no really easy way to compare dates by only taking the date (and not the time) into account in the standard Java API. You can use class Calendar and clear the hour, minutes, seconds and milliseconds:
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.clear(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
cal.clear(Calendar.AM_PM);
cal.clear(Calendar.MINUTE);
cal.clear(Calendar.SECOND);
cal.clear(Calendar.MILLISECOND);
Do the same with another Calendar object that contains the date that you want to compare it to, and use the after() or before() methods to do the comparison.
As explained into the Javadoc of java.util.Calendar.clear(int field):
The HOUR_OF_DAY, HOUR and AM_PM fields are handled independently and the the resolution rule for the time of day is applied. Clearing one of the fields doesn't reset the hour of day value of this Calendar. Use set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0) to reset the hour value.
edit - The answer above is from 2010; in Java 8, there is a new date and time API in the package java.time which is much more powerful and useful than the old java.util.Date and java.util.Calendar classes. Use the new date and time classes instead of the old ones.
You could always use apache commons' DateUtils class. It has the static method isSameDay() which "Checks if two date objects are on the same day ignoring time."
static boolean isSameDay(Date date1, Date date2)
Use DateFormat to solve this problem:
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
DateFormat dateFormat2 = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
print(dateFormat.format(new Date()); // will print like 2014-02-20
print(dateFormat2.format(new Date()); // will print like 02-20-2014
I did as follows and it worked: (Current date without timestamp)
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
Date today = dateFormat.parse(dateFormat.format(new Date()));
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd yyyy");
java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
System.out.println("Current Date : " + dateFormat.format(date));
You can get by this date:
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
print(dateFormat.format(new Date());
You could use
// Format a string containing a date.
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import static java.util.Calendar.*;
Calendar c = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
String s = String.format("Duke's Birthday: %1$tm %1$te,%1$tY", c);
// -> s == "Duke's Birthday: May 23, 1995"
Have a look at the Formatter API documentation.
The accepted answer by Jesper is correct but now outdated. The java.util.Date and .Calendar classes are notoriously troublesome. Avoid them.
java.time
Instead use the java.time framework, built into Java 8 and later, back-ported to Java 6 & 7 and further adapted to Android.
If you truly do not care about time-of-day and time zones, use LocalDate in the java.time framework ().
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.of( 2014 , 5 , 6 );
Today
A time zone is crucial in determining a date. For any given moment, the date varies around the globe by zone. For example, a few minutes after midnight in Paris France is a new day while still “yesterday” in Montréal Québec.
If no time zone is specified, the JVM implicitly applies its current default time zone. That default may change at any moment during runtime(!), so your results may vary. Better to specify your desired/expected time zone explicitly as an argument. If you want to use the JVM’s current default time zone, make your intention clear by calling ZoneId.systemDefault(). If critical, confirm the zone with your user.
Specify a proper time zone name in the format of Continent/Region, such as America/Montreal, Africa/Casablanca, or Pacific/Auckland. Never use the 2-4 letter abbreviation such as EST or IST as they are not true time zones, not standardized, and not even unique(!).
ZoneId z = ZoneId.of( "America/Montreal" ) ;
LocalDate today = LocalDate.now( z ) ;
If you want to use the JVM’s current default time zone, ask for it and pass as an argument. If omitted, the code becomes ambiguous to read in that we do not know for certain if you intended to use the default or if you, like so many programmers, were unaware of the issue.
ZoneId z = ZoneId.systemDefault() ; // Get JVM’s current default time zone.
LocalDate today = LocalDate.now( z ) ;
Moment
If you care about specific moments, specific points on the timeline, do not use LocalDate. If you care about the date as seen through the wall-clock time used by the people of a certain region, do not use LocalDate.
Be aware that if you have any chance of needing to deal with other time zones or UTC, this is the wrong way to go. Naïve programmers tend to think they do not need time zones when in fact they do.
Strings
Call toString to generate a string in standard ISO 8601 format.
String output = localDate.toString();
2014-05-06
For other formats, search Stack Overflow for DateTimeFormatter class.
Joda-Time
Though now supplanted by java.time, you can use the similar LocalDate class in the Joda-Time library (the inspiration for java.time).
LocalDate localDate = new LocalDate( 2014, 5, 6 );
Also you can use apache commons lib DateUtils.truncate():
Date now = new Date();
Date truncated = DateUtils.truncate(now, Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
Time will be set to 00:00:00 so you can work with this date or print it formatted:
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
System.out.println(dateFormat.format(now); // 2010-05-11 11:32:47
System.out.println(dateFormat.format(truncated); // 2010-05-11 00:00:00
private static final DateFormat df1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
private static Date NOW = new Date();
static {
try {
NOW = df1.parse(df1.format(new Date()));
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
I think this will work. Use Calendar to manipulate time fields (reset them to zero), then get the Date from the Calendar.
Calendar c = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
c.clear( Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY );
c.clear( Calendar.MINUTE );
c.clear( Calendar.SECOND );
c.clear( Calendar.MILLISECOND );
Date today = c.getTime();
Or do the opposite. Put the date you want to compare to in a calendar and compare calendar dates
Date compareToDate; // assume this is set before going in.
Calendar today = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
Calendar compareTo = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
compareTo.setTime( compareToDate );
if( today.get( Calendar.YEAR ) == compareTo.get( Calendar.YEAR ) &&
today.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR ) == compareTo.get( Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR ) ) {
// They are the same day!
}
Here's an inelegant way of doing it quick without additional dependencies.
You could just use java.sql.Date, which extends java.util.Date although for comparisons you will have to compare the Strings.
java.sql.Date dt1 = new java.sql.Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
String dt1Text = dt1.toString();
System.out.println("Current Date1 : " + dt1Text);
Thread.sleep(2000);
java.sql.Date dt2 = new java.sql.Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
String dt2Text = dt2.toString();
System.out.println("Current Date2 : " + dt2Text);
boolean dateResult = dt1.equals(dt2);
System.out.println("Date comparison is " + dateResult);
boolean stringResult = dt1Text.equals(dt2Text);
System.out.println("String comparison is " + stringResult);
Output:
Current Date1 : 2010-05-10
Current Date2 : 2010-05-10
Date comparison is false
String comparison is true
If you really want to use a Date instead for a Calendar for comparison, this is the shortest piece of code you could use:
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
Date d = new GregorianCalendar(c.get(Calendar.YEAR),
c.get(Calendar.MONTH),
c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)).getTime();
This way you make sure the hours/minute/second/millisecond values are blank.
I did as follows and it worked:
calendar1.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
calendar1.set(Calendar.AM_PM, 0);
calendar1.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
calendar1.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
calendar1.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
calendar1.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
Date date1 = calendar1.getTime(); // Convert it to date
Do this for other instances to which you want to compare. This logic worked for me; I had to compare the dates whether they are equal or not, but you can do different comparisons (before, after, equals, etc.)
I was looking for the same solution and the following worked for me.
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
calendar.clear(Calendar.HOUR);
calendar.clear(Calendar.MINUTE);
calendar.clear(Calendar.SECOND);
calendar.clear(Calendar.MILLISECOND);
Date today = calendar.getTime();
Please note that I am using calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0) for HOUR_OF_DAY instead of using the clear method, because it is suggested in Calendar.clear method's javadocs as the following
The HOUR_OF_DAY, HOUR and AM_PM fields are handled independently and
the the resolution rule for the time of day is applied. Clearing one
of the fields doesn't reset the hour of day value of this Calendar.
Use set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0) to reset the hour value.
With the above posted solution I get output as
Wed Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Using clear method for HOUR_OF_DAY resets hour at 12 when executing after 12PM or 00 when executing before 12PM.
Here is my code for get only date:
Calendar c=Calendar.getInstance();
DateFormat dm = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
System.out.println("current date is : " + dm.format(date));
Here is full Example of it.But you have to cast Sting back to Date.
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
//TODO OutPut should LIKE in this format MM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS
public class TestDateExample {
public static void main(String args[]) throws ParseException {
SimpleDateFormat changeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSSSSS");
Date thisDate = new Date();//changeFormat.parse("10 07 2012");
System.out.println("Current Date : " + thisDate);
changeFormat.format(thisDate);
System.out.println("----------------------------");
System.out.println("After applying formating :");
String strDateOutput = changeFormat.format(thisDate);
System.out.println(strDateOutput);
}
}