[java] Get first and last day of month using threeten, LocalDate

I have a LocalDate which needs to get the first and last day of the month. How do I do that?

eg. 13/2/2014 I need to get 1/2/2014 and 28/2/2014 in LocalDate formats.

Using threeten LocalDate class.

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The answer is


YearMonth

For completeness, and more elegant in my opinion, see this use of YearMonth class.

YearMonth month = YearMonth.from(date);
LocalDate start = month.atDay(1);
LocalDate end   = month.atEndOfMonth();

For the first & last day of the current month, this becomes:

LocalDate start = YearMonth.now().atDay(1);
LocalDate end   = YearMonth.now().atEndOfMonth();

Just here to show my implementation for @herman solution

ZoneId americaLaPazZone = ZoneId.of("UTC-04:00");

static Date firstDateOfMonth(Date date) {
  LocalDate localDate = convertToLocalDateWithTimezone(date);
  YearMonth baseMonth = YearMonth.from(localDate);
  LocalDateTime initialDate = baseMonth.atDay(firstDayOfMonth).atStartOfDay();
  return Date.from(initialDate.atZone(americaLaPazZone).toInstant());
}

static Date lastDateOfMonth(Date date) {
  LocalDate localDate = convertToLocalDateWithTimezone(date);
  YearMonth baseMonth = YearMonth.from(localDate);
  LocalDateTime lastDate = baseMonth.atEndOfMonth().atTime(23, 59, 59);
  return Date.from(lastDate.atZone(americaLaPazZone).toInstant());
}

static LocalDate convertToLocalDateWithTimezone(Date date) {
  return LocalDateTime.from(date.toInstant().atZone(americaLaPazZone)).toLocalDate();
}

Just use withDayOfMonth, and lengthOfMonth():

LocalDate initial = LocalDate.of(2014, 2, 13);
LocalDate start = initial.withDayOfMonth(1);
LocalDate end = initial.withDayOfMonth(initial.lengthOfMonth());

You can try this to avoid indicating custom date and if there is need to display start and end dates of current month:

    LocalDate start = LocalDate.now().minusDays(LocalDate.now().getDayOfMonth()-1);
    LocalDate end = LocalDate.now().minusDays(LocalDate.now().getDayOfMonth()).plusMonths(1);
    System.out.println("Start of month: " + start);
    System.out.println("End of month: " + end);

Result:

>     Start of month: 2019-12-01
>     End of month: 2019-12-30

Try this:

LocalDate initial = LocalDate.of(2014, 2, 13);
LocalDate start = initial.withDayOfMonth(1);         
LocalDate end = initial.withDayOfMonth(initial.getMonthOfYear().getLastDayOfMonth(false));
System.out.println(start);
System.out.println(end);

you can find the desire output but need to take care of parameter true/false for getLastDayOfMonth method

that parameter denotes leap year


 LocalDate monthstart = LocalDate.of(year,month,1);
 LocalDate monthend = monthstart.plusDays(monthstart.lengthOfMonth()-1);

if you want to do it only with the LocalDate-class:

LocalDate initial = LocalDate.of(2014, 2, 13);

LocalDate start = LocalDate.of(initial.getYear(), initial.getMonthValue(),1);

// Idea: the last day is the same as the first day of next month minus one day.
LocalDate end = LocalDate.of(initial.getYear(), initial.getMonthValue(), 1).plusMonths(1).minusDays(1);

The API was designed to support a solution that matches closely to business requirements

import static java.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusters.*;

LocalDate initial = LocalDate.of(2014, 2, 13);
LocalDate start = initial.with(firstDayOfMonth());
LocalDate end = initial.with(lastDayOfMonth());

However, Jon's solutions are also fine.


If anyone comes looking for first day of previous month and last day of previous month:

public static LocalDate firstDayOfPreviousMonth(LocalDate date) {
        return date.minusMonths(1).withDayOfMonth(1);
    }


public static LocalDate lastDayOfPreviousMonth(LocalDate date) {
        return date.withDayOfMonth(1).minusDays(1);
    }

Jon Skeets answer is right and has deserved my upvote, just adding this slightly different solution for completeness:

import static java.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusters.lastDayOfMonth;

LocalDate initial = LocalDate.of(2014, 2, 13);
LocalDate start = initial.withDayOfMonth(1);
LocalDate end = initial.with(lastDayOfMonth());

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