All pastes #364472 Raw Edit

Date Function

public text v1 · immutable
#364472 ·published 2007-02-20 05:07 UTC
rendered paste body
    private String getNextMensNight(PrintWriter out)
    {
        //Our date will be returned as a string
        String result = "";
        
        //Setup a calendar for the next tuesday (forward or back)
        GregorianCalendar closestTuesday = new GregorianCalendar();
        closestTuesday.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK, Calendar.TUESDAY);
        
        //Setup a calendar to track today
        GregorianCalendar today = new GregorianCalendar();
        
        //If the closest tuesday is less than today
        if(closestTuesday.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) < today.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH))
        {
            //Set the closest tuesdays day of month to be +7 (the next tuesday)
            closestTuesday.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, closestTuesday.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH) + 7);
        }

        //Otherwise, the closest tuesday is our next date
        result = closestTuesday.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "-" + (closestTuesday.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "-" + closestTuesday.get(Calendar.DATE);
        
        //Return the formatted date string
        return result;
    }