How to Get the Current Date

Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar();

// Get the components of the date
int era = cal.get(Calendar.ERA); // 1
int year = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR); // 2009
int month = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH); // 0=Jan, 1=Feb, ...
int day = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH); // 25
int dayOfWeek = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK); // 1=Sunday, 2=Monday, ...