Java equivalent of DateTime.MinValue, DateTime.Today

Question

Is there a Java equivalent of DateTime.MinValue and DateTime.Today in the Java Date class? Or a way of achieving something similar?

I've realised how spoilt you are with the .NET datetime class, I also need the equivalent of AddDays(), AddMonths().

Answer 1

The de-facto Java datetime API is joda-time.

With it, you can get the current date/time by just constructing new DateTime().

Similarly, Without it, you can use Calendar.getInstance() or new Date() to obtain the current date/time.

MinValue can be Calendar.getInstance(0) / new Date(0). This would use the default chronology - i.e. since January 1st, 1970. Since MinValue returns Januar 1st, year 1, you can do that be simply specifying this date, using the appropriate constructor of DateTime.

Answer 2

Most date manipulation should be done using the Calendar object now.

http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html

Answer 3

to get the current date:

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");

    try {

        System.out.println("Today: " + dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime()));

    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

Answer 4

Theres calendar http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html

And date http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Date.html

Theres also simpledateformat for formatting. http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html