Remove TimeStamp From Date Datatype

warghhhh..why are date datatypes such a headache?!

Tis was the easiest way i could think off without using some gungho algorithm Date -> String -> Date

// format current date (without time) and convert to string
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
String todayDate = formatter.format(new Date());
Date formattedDate = null;
try {
// convert date string back to Date datatype
formattedDate = formatter.parse(todayDate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
log.error("Parse today date error");
}