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A method to get the current date as an array of components 0 = year, 1 = month, 2 = day
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//package au.edu.ausstage.utils;
// import additional libraries
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.text.DateFormat;
/**
* A class of methods useful when processing dates in AusStage Services
*/
public class DateUtils {
/**
* A method to get the current date as an array of components
* 0 = year, 1 = month, 2 = day
*
* @return an array of strings representing the current date
*/
public static String[] getCurrentDateAsArray() {
GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar();
String[] fields = new String[3];
fields[0] = Integer.toString(calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR));
fields[1] = String.format("%02d", calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1);
fields[2] = String.format("%02d", calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
return fields;
}
}
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