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

 Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();
     cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1);
     System.out.println(cal.getTime().toString());
     cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 366); // for leap years
     System.out.println(cal.getTime().toString());