Create an XMLGregorianCalendar for the Current Date/Time

Creating a XML calendar object suitable for use in SOAP messages, in Java, is simple enough.

    public XMLGregorianCalendar getXMLGregorianCalendarNow() 
            throws DatatypeConfigurationException
    {
        GregorianCalendar gregorianCalendar = new GregorianCalendar();
        DatatypeFactory datatypeFactory = DatatypeFactory.newInstance();
        XMLGregorianCalendar now = 
            datatypeFactory.newXMLGregorianCalendar(gregorianCalendar);
        return now;
    }