how to get current date in java

how to get current date in java

1. /*
2.   Get current date time values using Java Calendar
3.   This example shows how to get current date and time values
4.   using Java Calendar class.
5. */
6.  
7. import java.util.Calendar;
8.  
9. public class GetCurrentDateTimeExample {
10.  
11.   public static void main(String[] args) {
12.    
13.     //get instance of Calendar class
14.     Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
15.    
16.     /*
17.      * Calendar class has several contstants which represents current date
18.      * and time values
19.      */
20.      
21.     //get current date, year and month
22.     System.out.println("Current Year is : " + now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
23.     //month start from 0 to 11
24.     System.out.println("Current Month is : " + (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1 ));
25.     System.out.println("Current Date is : " + now.get(Calendar.DATE));
26.  
27.     //get current time information
28.     System.out.println("Current Hour in 12 hour format is : "                        
29.                     + now.get(Calendar.HOUR));
30.     System.out.println("Current Hour in 24 hour format is : "
31.                     + now.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY));
32.     System.out.println("Current Minute is : " + now.get(Calendar.MINUTE));
33.     System.out.println("Current Second is : " + now.get(Calendar.SECOND));
34.     System.out.println("Current Millisecond is : " + now.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND));
35.    
36.    
37.     //display full date time
38.     System.out.println("Current full date time is : " +
39.                 (now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1)
40.                 + "-"
41.                 + now.get(Calendar.DATE)
42.                 + "-"
43.                 + now.get(Calendar.YEAR)
44.                 + " "
45.                 + now.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)
46.                 + ":"
47.                 + now.get(Calendar.MINUTE)
48.                 + ":"
49.                 + now.get(Calendar.SECOND)
50.                 + "."
51.                 + now.get(Calendar.MILLISECOND)
52.                 );        
53.   }
54. }
55.  
56. /*
57. Typical output would be
58. Current Year is : 2007
59. Current Month is : 12
60. Current Date is : 25
61. Current Hour in 12 hour format is : 6
62. Current Hour in 24 hour format is : 18
63. Current Minute is : 28
64. Current Second is : 54
65. Current Millisecond is : 797
66. Current full date time is : 12-25-2007 18:28:54.797
67. */
    
    
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