I am exploring the new java.time API of Java 8. I am particularly trying to retrieve the current time (my current time zone, of a different time zone, and of a different offset).
The code is:
public static void getCurrentLocalTime(){
LocalTime time = LocalTime.now();
System.out.println("Local Time Zone: "+ZoneId.systemDefault().toString());
System.out.println("Current local time : " + time);
}
public static void getCurrentTimeWithTimeZone(){
LocalDateTime localtDateAndTime = LocalDateTime.now();
ZoneId zoneId = ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles");
ZonedDateTime dateAndTimeInLA = ZonedDateTime.of(localtDateAndTime, zoneId);
String currentTimewithTimeZone =dateAndTimeInLA.getHour()+":"+dateAndTimeInLA.getMinute();
System.out.println("Current time in Los Angeles: " + currentTimewithTimeZone);
}
public static void getCurrentTimeWithZoneOffset(){
LocalTime localtTime = LocalTime.now();
ZoneOffset offset = ZoneOffset.of("-08:00");
OffsetTime offsetTime = OffsetTime.of(localtTime, offset);
String currentTimewithZoneOffset =offsetTime.getHour()+":"+offsetTime.getMinute();
System.out.println("Current time with offset -08:00: " + currentTimewithZoneOffset);
}
But, when I call the methods I get the same time-of-day (my system time), which is obviously not what I am expecting.
The output of the method calls:
Current time in Los Angeles: 19:59
Local Time Zone: Asia/Calcutta
Current local time : 19:59:20.477
Current time with offset -08:00: 19:59
Even after setting a different time zone and offset, why am I getting the same time?
解决方案
LocalDateTime.now() always returns the current date/time in your default timezone (say 13 October @ 11.20am in London). When you create a ZonedDateTime or OffsetTime from it with a specific ZoneId or ZoneOffset, you get the same date and time but in a different time zone (for example 13 october at 11.20am in Los Angeles), which represents a different instant in time.
You are probably looking for something like:
Instant now = Instant.now();
ZoneId zoneId = ZoneId.of("America/Los_Angeles");
ZonedDateTime dateAndTimeInLA = ZonedDateTime.ofInstant(now, zoneId);
This will calculate the current date and time in Los Angeles: 13 october, 3.20am.