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I'd like set a java.util.Date-Objekt to its minimum or maximum time values for a Date (one day). The way I do it currently (for minimum):

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); cal.setTime(aDate); cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0); //... same for minutes, seconds, milliseconds

But this seems a little bit cumbersome. And how do I set the maximum?

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Yeah, use JodaTime's DateMidnight class, as others have suggested.

Or if you can't switch to JodaTime, use DateUtils.truncate(Date, field) and the DateUtils.addXyz() methods from Commons Lang:

Date lastMidnight = DateUtils.truncate(new Date(), Calendar.DATE); Date endOfToday = DateUtils.addMilliseconds( DateUtils.addDays(lastMidnight, 1), -1);
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Cool, as I already have commons-lang in my classpath. But how would I set the maximum?
@Mulmoth as long as you don't say Here's your Sign ... :-)

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