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

GregorianCalendar gcal = new GregorianCalendar();
gcal.setTime(start);
while (gcal.getTime().before(end)) {
    gcal.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1);
    //Do Something ...
}

The GregorianCalendar creation here is pointless. In fact, going through Calendar.java source code shows that Calendar.getInstance() already gives a GregorianCalendar instance.

Regards, Nicolas