Java Get Current Date

There are many ways to get current date and time in java. There are 3 classes that can be used to get current date.

1. java.util.Date class
2. java.sql.Date class
3. java.util.Calendar class

1) Get Current Date by java.util.Date class

By printing the instance of java.util.Date class, you can print current date and time in java. There are two ways to do so.

1st way:

1.    java.util.Date date=new java.util.Date();  

2.    System.out.println(date);  

2nd way:

1.    long millis=System.currentTimeMillis();  

2.    java.util.Date date=new java.util.Date(millis);  

3.    System.out.println(date);  

Output:

Thu Mar 26 08:22:02 IST 2015

2) Get Current Date by java.sql.Date class

By printing the instance of java.sql.Date class, you can print current date in java. It doesn't print time. This date instance is generally used to save current date in database.

1.    long millis=System.currentTimeMillis();  

2.    java.sql.Date date=new java.sql.Date(millis);  

3.    System.out.println(date);  

Output:

2015-03-26

3) Get Current Date by java.util.Calendar class

Calendar class can be used to get the instance of Date class. The getTime() method of Calendar class returns the instance of java.util.Date. The Calendar.getInstance() method returns the instance of Calendar class.

1.    Date date=java.util.Calendar.getInstance().getTime();  

2.    System.out.println(date);  

Output:

Thu Mar 26 08:22:02 IST 2015

Note: It is recommended to use Calendar class for getting current date and time.