Return a Date set to the first possible millisecond of the day, just after midnight in Java

Description

The following code shows how to return a Date set to the first possible millisecond of the day, just after midnight.

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(getStartOfDay(new Date()));
   }
        
  /**
   * Returns a Date set to the first possible millisecond of the day, just
   * after midnight. If a null day is passed in, a new Date is created.
   * midnight (00m 00h 00s)
   */
  public static Date getStartOfDay(Date day) {
      return getStartOfDay(day, Calendar.getInstance());
  }
  
  
  /**
   * Returns a Date set to the first possible millisecond of the day, just
   * after midnight. If a null day is passed in, a new Date is created.
   * midnight (00m 00h 00s)
   */
  public static Date getStartOfDay(Date day, Calendar cal) {
      if (day == null) day = new Date();
      cal.setTime(day);
      cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, cal.getMinimum(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY));
      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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