nudge4j.localdate.java

//
// An example of java 8 new Date/Time API. 
//

var LocalDate =  Java.type('java.time.LocalDate');
var Month =      Java.type('java.time.Month'); 
var ChronoUnit = Java.type('java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit'); 

var today = LocalDate.now();
var firstDayThisYear = LocalDate.of(today.getYear(), Month.JANUARY, 1);

var days = ChronoUnit.DAYS.between(firstDayThisYear, today);
days + " days have passed since the beginning of the year."