A method to get the current date as an array of components 0 = year, 1 = month, 2 = day : Date Parser « Data Type « Java

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A method to get the current date as an array of components 0 = year, 1 = month, 2 = day

   
   

/*
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*/

//package au.edu.ausstage.utils;

// import additional libraries
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.text.DateFormat;

/**
 * A class of methods useful when processing dates in AusStage Services
 */
public class DateUtils {

  /**
   * A method to get the current date as an array of components
   * 0 = year, 1 = month, 2 = day
   *
   * @return an array of strings representing the current date
   */
  public static String[] getCurrentDateAsArray() {
  
    GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
    String[] fields = new String[3];
    
    fields[0] = Integer.toString(calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
    fields[1] = String.format("%02d", calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1);
    fields[2] = String.format("%02d", calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
    
    return fields;  
  }
  
}

   
    
    
  

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