How to get current Date and Time in Java

How to get current Date and Time in Java

In this article, you’ll find several examples to get the current date, current time, current date & time, current date & time in a specific timezone in Java.

Get current Date in Java

package com.callicoder;

import java.time.LocalDate;

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

Output

Current Date : 2020-06-15

Get current Time in Java

package com.callicoder;

import java.time.LocalTime;

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

Output

Current Time : 13:30:27.447

Get Current Date and Time in Java

package com.callicoder;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;

public class CurrentDateTimeExample {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        // Current Date and Time
        LocalDateTime currentDateTime = LocalDateTime.now();
        System.out.println("Current Date & Time : " + currentDateTime);
    }
}

Output

Current Date and Time : 2020-06-15T13:40:52.050

Get current Date and Time in specific Timezone in Java

package com.callicoder;

import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;

public class CurrentDateTimeExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Current Date and Time in a given Timezone
        ZonedDateTime currentNewYorkDateTime = ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneId.of("America/New_York"));
        System.out.println(currentNewYorkDateTime);
    }
}

Output

2020-06-15T01:50:00.410-04:00[America/New_York]