How to get start and end date of a year?

Question

I have to use the Java Date class for this problem (it interfaces with something out of my control).

How do I get the start and end date of a year and then

Answer 1

If you are looking for a one-line-expression, I usually use this:

new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").parse(String.valueOf(new java.util.Date().getYear())+"-01-01")