Get a Date set just to Noon, to the closest possible millisecond of the day in Java

Description

The following code shows how to get a Date set just to Noon, to the closest possible millisecond of the day.

Example


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import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
   public static void main(String[] argv){
        System.out.println(getNoonOfDay(new Date(), Calendar.getInstance()));
   }
        
  /**
   * Returns a Date set just to Noon, to the closest possible millisecond
   * of the day. If a null day is passed in, a new Date is created.
   * nnoon (00m 12h 00s)
   */
  public static Date getNoonOfDay(Date day, Calendar cal) {
      if (day == null) day = new Date();
      cal.setTime(day);
      cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 12);
      cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE,      cal.getMinimum(Calendar.MINUTE));
      cal.set(Calendar.SECOND,      cal.getMinimum(Calendar.SECOND));
      cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, cal.getMinimum(Calendar.MILLISECOND));
      return cal.getTime();
  }
}
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The code above generates the following result.





















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