How to get current Date and time in JAVA

In this post You’ll come to know about several methods of getting current date and current time in different timezone in JAVA.

Get Current Date in JAVA

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class CurrentDateTimeExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Current Date LocalDate currentDate = LocalDate.now();
        System.out.println("Current Date: " + currentDate); } }

Get current Time in Java

<span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token namespace">java<span class="token punctuation">.</span>time</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token class-name">LocalTime</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token keyword">public</span> <span class="token keyword">class</span> <span class="token class-name">CurrentDateTimeExample</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
    <span class="token keyword">public</span> <span class="token keyword">static</span> <span class="token keyword">void</span> <span class="token function">main</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token class-name">String</span><span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span> args<span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
        <span class="token comment">// Current Time</span>
        <span class="token class-name">LocalTime</span> currentTime <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token class-name">LocalTime</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">now</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
        <span class="token class-name">System</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span>out<span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">println</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token string">"Current Time: "</span> <span class="token operator">+</span> currentTime<span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
    <span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

Get current Date and Time in Java

<span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token namespace">java<span class="token punctuation">.</span>time</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token class-name">LocalDateTime</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token keyword">public</span> <span class="token keyword">class</span> <span class="token class-name">CurrentDateTimeExample</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
    <span class="token keyword">public</span> <span class="token keyword">static</span> <span class="token keyword">void</span> <span class="token function">main</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token class-name">String</span><span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span> args<span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
        <span class="token comment">// Current Date and Time</span>
        <span class="token class-name">LocalDateTime</span> currentDateTime <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token class-name">LocalDateTime</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">now</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
        <span class="token class-name">System</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span>out<span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">println</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token string">"Current Date & time: "</span> <span class="token operator">+</span> currentDateTime<span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
    <span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)

Get current Date and Time in a specific Timezone in Java

<span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token namespace">java<span class="token punctuation">.</span>time</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token class-name">ZoneId</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token keyword">import</span> <span class="token namespace">java<span class="token punctuation">.</span>time</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token class-name">ZonedDateTime</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token keyword">public</span> <span class="token keyword">class</span> <span class="token class-name">CurrentDateTimeExample</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
    <span class="token keyword">public</span> <span class="token keyword">static</span> <span class="token keyword">void</span> <span class="token function">main</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token class-name">String</span><span class="token punctuation">[</span><span class="token punctuation">]</span> args<span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">{</span>
        <span class="token comment">// Current Date and Time in a given Timezone</span>
        <span class="token class-name">ZonedDateTime</span> currentNewYorkDateTime <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token class-name">ZonedDateTime</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">now</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token class-name">ZoneId</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">of</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token string">"America/New_York"</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
        <span class="token class-name">System</span><span class="token punctuation">.</span>out<span class="token punctuation">.</span><span class="token function">println</span><span class="token punctuation">(</span>currentNewYorkDateTime<span class="token punctuation">)</span><span class="token punctuation">;</span>
    <span class="token punctuation">}</span>
<span class="token punctuation">}</span>Code language: HTML, XML (xml)