JAVA CODE FOR Getting Current Date & Time

This is very easy to get current date and time in Java. You can use a simple Date object with toString() method to print current date and time as follows:

import java.util.Date;
 
class DateDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       // Instantiate a Date object
       Date date = new Date();
       
       // display time and date using toString()
       System.out.println(date.toString());
   }
}

output for this above code:

Mon May 19 09:51:52 CDT 2012



Simple DateFormat format codes:

To specify the time format use a time pattern string. In this pattern, all ASCII letters are reserved as pattern letters, which are defined as the following:

Character    Description    Example

G             Era designator             AD
y             Year in four digits    2001
M            Month in year            July or 07
d             Day in month            10
h            Hour in A.M./P.M. (1~12) 12
H            Hour in day (0~23)    22
m            Minute in hour    30
s              Second in minute    55
S              Millisecond    234
E             Day in week    Tuesday
D              Day in year    360
F           Day of week in month    2 (second Wed. in July)
w             Week in year    40
W              Week in month    1
a            A.M./P.M. marker    PM
k            Hour in day (1~24)    24
K            Hour in A.M./P.M. (0~11)    10
z               Time zone    Eastern Standard Time
'            Escape for text    Delimiter
"         Single quote    `