Julian day of the year in Java

Question

I have seen the \"solution\" at http://www.rgagnon.com/javadetails/java-0506.html, but it doesn\'t work correctly. E.g. yesterday (June 8) should have been 159, but it said

Answer 1

import java.util.Calendar;
// ...
final int julianDay = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);

Note that this doesn't take into account the "starts at noon" deal claimed by that weird site you referenced. That could be fixed by just checking the time of course.