Java – How to get current date time
1. Code Snippets
For java.util.Date, just create a new Date()
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
Date date = new Date();
System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date)); //2016/11/16 12:08:43
For java.util.Calendar, uses Calendar.getInstance()
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
System.out.println(dateFormat.format(cal)); //2016/11/16 12:08:43
For java.time.LocalDateTime, uses LocalDateTime.now()
DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
System.out.println(dtf.format(now)); //2016/11/16 12:08:43
For java.time.LocalDate, uses LocalDate.now()
DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd");
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
System.out.println(dtf.format(localDate)); //2016/11/16
2. Full Example
Review a full Java example to show you how to get the current date, time and display in a predefined format.
GetCurrentDateTime.java
package com.mkyong;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
public class GetCurrentDateTime {
private static final DateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
private static final DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
public static void main(String[] args) {
Date date = new Date();
System.out.println(sdf.format(date));
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
System.out.println(sdf.format(cal.getTime()));
LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();
System.out.println(dtf.format(now));
LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();
System.out.println(DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyy/MM/dd").format(localDate));
}
}
Output
2016/11/16 12:08:43
2016/11/16 12:08:43
2016/11/16 12:08:43
2016/11/16
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