[java] How to obtain the start time and end time of a day?

How to obtain the start time and end time of a day?

code like this is not accurate:

 private Date getStartOfDay(Date date) {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
    calendar.set(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0);
    return calendar.getTime();
}

private Date getEndOfDay(Date date) {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
    calendar.set(year, month, day, 23, 59, 59);
    return calendar.getTime();
}

It is not accurate to the millisecond.

I had several inconveniences with all the solutions because I needed the type of Instant variable and the Time Zone always interfered changing everything, then combining solutions I saw that this is a good option.

        LocalDate today = LocalDate.now();
        Instant startDate = Instant.parse(today.toString()+"T00:00:00Z");
        Instant endDate = Instant.parse(today.toString()+"T23:59:59Z");

and we have as a result

        startDate = 2020-01-30T00:00:00Z
        endDate = 2020-01-30T23:59:59Z

I hope it helps you

I tried this code and it works well!

final ZonedDateTime now = ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC);
final ZonedDateTime startofDay =
    now.toLocalDate().atStartOfDay(ZoneOffset.UTC);
final ZonedDateTime endOfDay =
    now.toLocalDate().atTime(LocalTime.MAX).atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC);

Additional way of finding start of day with java8 java.time.ZonedDateTime instead of going through LocalDateTime is simply truncating the input ZonedDateTime to DAYS:

zonedDateTimeInstance.truncatedTo( ChronoUnit.DAYS );

private Date getStartOfDay(Date date) {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
    calendar.setTimeInMillis(0);
    calendar.set(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0);
    return calendar.getTime();
    }

private Date getEndOfDay(Date date) {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
    calendar.setTimeInMillis(0);
    calendar.set(year, month, day, 23, 59, 59);
    return calendar.getTime();
    }

calendar.setTimeInMillis(0); gives you accuracy upto milliseconds

Another one solution which does not depend on any framework is:

static public Date getStartOfADay(Date day) {
    final long oneDayInMillis = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
    return new Date(day.getTime() / oneDayInMillis * oneDayInMillis);
}

static public Date getEndOfADay(Date day) {
    final long oneDayInMillis = 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000;
    return new Date((day.getTime() / oneDayInMillis + 1) * oneDayInMillis - 1);
}

Note that it returns UTC based time

public static Date beginOfDay(Date date) {
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.setTime(date);
    cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
    cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

    return cal.getTime();
}

public static Date endOfDay(Date date) {
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    cal.setTime(date);
    cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 23);
    cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 59);
    cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 59);
    cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 999);

    return cal.getTime();
}

The following code takes the OP's original formula, and adjusts for the ms inexactness:

    private static Date getStartOfDay() {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
        calendar.set(year, month, day, 0, 0, 0);
        long approximateTimestamp = calendar.getTime().getTime();
        long extraMillis = (approximateTimestamp % 1000);
        long exactTimestamp = approximateTimestamp - extraMillis;
        return new Date(exactTimestamp);
    }

    private static Date getEndOfDay() {
        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
        int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
        calendar.set(year, month, day, 23, 59, 59);
        long approximateTimestamp = calendar.getTime().getTime();
        long extraMillis = (approximateTimestamp % 1000);
        long exactTimestamp = approximateTimestamp - extraMillis + 999;
        return new Date(exactTimestamp);
    }

Unlike many other answers on this thread, it is compatible with older versions of Java and Android APIs.

Shortest answer, given your timezone being TZ:

LocalDateTime start = LocalDate.now(TZ).atStartOfDay()
LocalDateTime end = start.plusDays(1)

Compare using isAfter() and isBefore() methods, or convert it using toEpochSecond() or toInstant() methods.

I think the easiest would be something like:

// Joda Time

DateTime dateTime=new DateTime(); 

StartOfDayMillis = dateTime.withMillis(System.currentTimeMillis()).withTimeAtStartOfDay().getMillis();
EndOfDayMillis = dateTime.withMillis(StartOfDayMillis).plusDays(1).minusSeconds(1).getMillis();

These millis can be then converted into Calendar,Instant or LocalDate as per your requirement with Joda Time.

Java 8

public static Date atStartOfDay(Date date) {
    LocalDateTime localDateTime = dateToLocalDateTime(date);
    LocalDateTime startOfDay = localDateTime.with(LocalTime.MIN);
    return localDateTimeToDate(startOfDay);
}

public static Date atEndOfDay(Date date) {
    LocalDateTime localDateTime = dateToLocalDateTime(date);
    LocalDateTime endOfDay = localDateTime.with(LocalTime.MAX);
    return localDateTimeToDate(endOfDay);
}

private static LocalDateTime dateToLocalDateTime(Date date) {
    return LocalDateTime.ofInstant(date.toInstant(), ZoneId.systemDefault());
}

private static Date localDateTimeToDate(LocalDateTime localDateTime) {
    return Date.from(localDateTime.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant());
}

Update: I've added these 2 methods to my Java Utility Classes here

• DateUtils.atStartOfDay
• DateUtils.atEndOfDay

It is in the Maven Central Repository at:

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.github.rkumsher</groupId>
  <artifactId>utils</artifactId>
  <version>1.3</version>
</dependency>

Java 7 and Earlier

With Apache Commons

public static Date atEndOfDay(Date date) {
    return DateUtils.addMilliseconds(DateUtils.ceiling(date, Calendar.DATE), -1);
}

public static Date atStartOfDay(Date date) {
    return DateUtils.truncate(date, Calendar.DATE);
}

Without Apache Commons

public Date atEndOfDay(Date date) {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    calendar.setTime(date);
    calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 23);
    calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 59);
    calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 59);
    calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 999);
    return calendar.getTime();
}

public Date atStartOfDay(Date date) {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    calendar.setTime(date);
    calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
    calendar.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
    calendar.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
    calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
    return calendar.getTime();
}

 //this will work for user in time zone MST with 7 off set or UTC with saving time 

 //I have tried all the above and they fail the only solution is to use some math
 //the trick is to rely on $newdate is time()     //strtotime is corrupt it tries to read to many minds
 //convert to time to use with javascript*1000
 
 $dnol = strtotime('today')*1000;
 $dn = ($newdate*1000)-86400000;
 $dz=$dn/86400000;      //divide into days
 $dz=floor($dz);     //filter off excess time
 $dzt=$dz*86400000;     // put back into days UTC
 $jsDate=$dzt*1+(7*3600000);     // 7 is the off set you can store the 7 in database
 $dzt=$dzt-3600000;      //adjusment for summerTime UTC additional table for these dates will drive you crazy
 //solution get users [time off sets] with browser, up date to data base for user with ajax when they ain't lookin



 <?php
 $t=time();
 echo($t . "<br>");
 echo(date("Y-m-d",$t));
 echo '<BR>'.$dnol;
 echo '<BR>'.$dzt.'<BR>';
 echo(date("Y-m-d",$dzt/1000));      //convert back for php /1000
 echo '<BR>';
 echo(date('Y-m-d h:i:s',$dzt/1000));

 ?>

java.time

Using java.time framework built into Java 8.

import java.time.LocalTime;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;

LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now(); // 2015-11-19T19:42:19.224
// start of a day
now.with(LocalTime.MIN); // 2015-11-19T00:00
now.with(LocalTime.MIDNIGHT); // 2015-11-19T00:00
// end of a day
now.with(LocalTime.MAX); // 2015-11-19T23:59:59.999999999

I know it's a bit late, but in case of Java 8, if you are using OffsetDateTime (which offers a lot of advantages, such as TimeZone, Nanoseconds, etc.), you can use the following code:

OffsetDateTime reallyEndOfDay = someDay.withHour(23).withMinute(59).withSecond(59).withNano(999999999);
// output: 2019-01-10T23:59:59.999999999Z

For java 8 the following single line statements are working. In this example I use UTC timezone. Please consider to change TimeZone that you currently used.

System.out.println(new Date());

final LocalDateTime endOfDay       = LocalDateTime.of(LocalDate.now(), LocalTime.MAX);
final Date          endOfDayAsDate = Date.from(endOfDay.toInstant(ZoneOffset.UTC));

System.out.println(endOfDayAsDate);

final LocalDateTime startOfDay       = LocalDateTime.of(LocalDate.now(), LocalTime.MIN);
final Date          startOfDayAsDate = Date.from(startOfDay.toInstant(ZoneOffset.UTC));

System.out.println(startOfDayAsDate);

If no time difference with output. Try: ZoneOffset.ofHours(0)

Java 8 or ThreeTenABP

ZonedDateTime

ZonedDateTime curDate = ZonedDateTime.now();

public ZonedDateTime startOfDay() {
    return curDate
    .toLocalDate()
    .atStartOfDay()
    .atZone(curDate.getZone())
    .withEarlierOffsetAtOverlap();
}

public ZonedDateTime endOfDay() {

    ZonedDateTime startOfTomorrow =
        curDate
        .toLocalDate()
        .plusDays(1)
        .atStartOfDay()
        .atZone(curDate.getZone())
        .withEarlierOffsetAtOverlap();

    return startOfTomorrow.minusSeconds(1);
}

// based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/29145886/1658268

LocalDateTime

LocalDateTime curDate = LocalDateTime.now();

public LocalDateTime startOfDay() {
    return curDate.atStartOfDay();
}

public LocalDateTime endOfDay() {
    return startOfTomorrow.atTime(LocalTime.MAX);  //23:59:59.999999999;
}

// based on https://stackoverflow.com/a/36408726/1658268

I hope that helps someone.

in getEndOfDay, you can add:

calendar.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 999);

Although mathematically speaking, you can't specify the end of a day other than by saying it's "before the beginning of the next day".

So instead of saying, if(date >= getStartOfDay(today) && date <= getEndOfDay(today)), you should say: if(date >= getStartOfDay(today) && date < getStartOfDay(tomorrow)). That is a much more solid definition (and you don't have to worry about millisecond precision).