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

You can use the apache commons-lang project which has a DateUtils class.

They provide an iterator which you can give the Date object.

But I highly suggest using the Calendar class as suggested by the other answers.