Here you can find the source of today()
public static String today()
//package com.java2s; /*/* w ww . jav a 2 s. co m*/ * Werkzeug * * Copyright (C) 2012 Patrick Kochlik + Dennis Paul * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * {@link http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html} * */ import java.util.Calendar; public class Main { public static String today() { final String myNow = formatNumber((Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.YEAR)), 4) + formatNumber((Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1), 2) + formatNumber((Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)), 2); return myNow; } public static String formatNumber(int theNumber, int theNumberOfDigits) { StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer(Integer.toString(theNumber)); while (s.length() < theNumberOfDigits) { s.insert(0, '0'); } return s.toString(); } }