Java: Get today's date at midnight time

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Write a Java program to get today's date at midnight time.

Sample Solution:

Java Code:

import java.util.*;
public class Exercise34 {
   public static void main(String[] args)
    {
      Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
      cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); //anything 0 - 23
      cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
      cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
      System.out.println("\n"+cal.getTime()+"\n");
    
    }
}

Sample Output:

Wed Jun 21 00:00:00 IST 2017 

N.B.: The result may varry for your system date and time.

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For more Practice: Solve these Related Problems:

• Write a Java program to set the current date’s time to midnight and display the resulting Date object.
• Write a Java program to truncate the current date-time to midnight using Calendar methods.
• Write a Java program to get today’s date with time reset to 00:00:00 and format it accordingly.
• Write a Java program to compute the start of the day (midnight) for the current date and output it in ISO format.

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