How to initialize a variable of date type in java?

Question

import java.util.Date;
Date firstDate; 

I don\'t know how to intialize the firstDate for example for String you say

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Answer 1

java.util.Date constructor with parameters like new Date(int year, int month, int date, int hrs, int min). is deprecated and preferably do not use it any more. Oracle docs prefers the way over java.util.Calendar. So you can set any date and instantiate Date object through the getTime() method.

Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(2018, 11, 31, 59, 59, 59);
Date happyNewYearDate = calendar.getTime();

Notice that month number starts from 0