newbie needs to know how do get todays date

[Shannon Jaye]

I am a total beginner, and I have to get today's date and todays DAY
I need to grab a picture of the week.
SO i have the case statement worked out:

switch (day){
case GregorianCalendar.Sunday:
sundate = dt;
break;
case GregorianCalendar.Monday:
sundate = dt.add(GregorainCalendar.Date, -1);
break;
case GregorianCalendar.Tuesday:
sundate = dt.add(GregorainCalendar.Date, -2);
break;
case GregorianCalendar.Wednesday:
sundate = dt.add(GregorainCalendar.Date, -3);
break;
case GregorianCalendar.Thursday:
sundate = dt.add(GregorainCalendar.Date, -4);
break;
case GregorianCalendar.Friday:
sundate = dt.add(GregorainCalendar.Date, -6);
break;
case GregorianCalendar.Saturday:
sundate = dt.add(GregorainCalendar.Date, -6);
break;
}  

I am not sure if the GregorianCalendar.Saturday sytax is correct...
SO in conclusion.. how do I get todays date, and how do I get the DAY of week?

[Thomas Paul]

GregorianCalendar gc = new GregorianCalendar();

[Junilu Lacar]

The API Reference is your friend: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/docs/api/

   java.util.Calendar cal = new java.util.GregorianCalendar();
   int day_of_week = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
   java.util.Date today = cal.getTime();
  
   // if today were Sept 19, 2002
   System.out.println(day_of_week);  // 5
   System.out.println(cal.get(java.util.Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));  // 19
   System.out.println(today);  // Thu Sep 19 13:48:44 EDT 2002

[ September 19, 2002: Message edited by: Junilu Lacar ]

[Shannon Jaye]

Thanks TONS! I really apreciate it