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How to get current date and time

 
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hi friends,

I wish to use the current year in my program but unable to figure out a way to do this.There's no direct method in the Java docs.

How can i retrieve the current month and year in my program?

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make use of Calendar class in the java.util package
or make use of Date from the java.util package

java.util.Date()
 
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you can also use
 
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hey guys

how can i compare a date with current date. I have to check the joining date of a student which is received from front end as a string.The joining date should not be greater than today's date.

I have tried the following. Its working but i think there must be a better way out





 
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Please UseCodeTags when you post source code.

That looks a lot more complicated than it needs to be...

You can use class java.text.SimpleDateFormat to parse a string into a Date object. Then you can use the methods after() or before() of class Date to check if the date is before or after another date.
 
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Look for Date comparison code in java

visit below mention link
http://www.roseindia.net/java/example/java/util/CompareDate.shtml
 
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Sharma Vinit wrote:
I have tried the following. Its working but i think there must be a better way out



Here's the code.



Hope this is wat you wanted. I;ve returned a boolean, if you really need to send a string please modify.

Pradeep
 
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That doesn't look good. You are either returning true or throwing a checked Exception.
 
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DateFormat.parse(String, ParsePosition) returns null when the string is invalid. That can be used:
Not only does this code not throw an exception, it also doesn't create an unnecessary Calendar (and Date from getTime()) object. You can improve this code slightly by checking if the entire String is used in parsing:
If the parse position's index is not directly at the end of the String there is something else in the String as well. This will occur if the passed String is something like "20/05/2010abc". The added check will make the method return false if that's the case.
 
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