date problem

[Jigar Naik]

how do i get current date in java... ???

[Ulf Dittmer]

"new java.util.Date()" gives you a date object to work with, from which you can extract the various parts (day, month, year, hour, weekday, etc.)

[Jigar Naik]

this is not working...
java.util.Date today = new java.util.Date();
today.getDate();

i tried this methhod depricated...

[Joanne Neal]

If you look at the Javadoc for the Date class, it will tell you what is recommended instead.

[Ulf Dittmer]

It works just fine. Unless you need timezone support (which the Date class does not have), you can use the deprecated Date methods with no problems - they're not broken in the way other deprecated methods and classes are.

[John Bartlett]

Hey,

You are much better off using the Calendar Class as most of the Date class has been deprecated.

//gets the current date
Calendar rightNow = Calendar.getInstance();

John