strip time from timestamp

Question

Why cannot I clear the time from a timestamp this way:

one day == 24 * 3600 * 1000 == 86400000 milliseconds.

long ms = new Date().getTime();  //Mon Sep 03 10:06         


        

Answer 1

Try this...

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
String strDate = df.format(c.getTime()));

Now this way you can have the another date, and then compare it....as they are now in String format.