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

First and Last day of Year

import java.util.Calendar
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat

val parsedDateInt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd")

val cal2 = Calendar.getInstance()
cal2.add(Calendar.MONTH, -(cal2.get(Calendar.MONTH)))
cal2.set(Calendar.DATE, 1)
val firstDayOfYear = parsedDateInt.format(cal2.getTime)


cal2.add(Calendar.MONTH, (11-(cal2.get(Calendar.MONTH))))
cal2.set(Calendar.DATE, cal2.getActualMaximum(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH))
val lastDayOfYear = parsedDateInt.format(cal2.getTime)