getting System time

[kavya krushi]

Hi all,
Is there any way to get the systems time through a java program ?
I tried using the getProperties option but it just gives informations related to Zone ... I need to get the Systems time during which a program of mine is running ...
thanks
kavya

[Jane Griscti]

Hi Kayva,
You can get the current system time using <code>java.util.Date();</code>
Hope that helps.
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Jane Griscti
Sun Certified Java 2 Programmer
"When ideas fail, words come in very handy" -- Goethe

[Val Dra]

I think it's best to use System class for this and get the time from the System. Using System.currentTimeMillis()

[kavya krushi]

Jane , val
Thanks alot for your responces ... I'd already tried both of these options ... I need to get the timing info in the actual format ( not just milliseconds) ... I tried the toString method but it does not seem to work ... is there any particular method
which prints the time/date in the actual format ???
thanks
kavya

[Val Dra]

Use SimpleDateFormat class to format the date to look how you like.

[Art Metzer]

Hi, Kavya. Here's some code to help you out:

import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
public class TimeCheck {
    public static void main( String[] args ) {
        Date today = new Date();
        StringBuffer toAppendTo = new StringBuffer( "Time: " );
        FieldPosition fp = new FieldPosition( DateFormat.DATE_FIELD );
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat( "hh:mm:ss.SSS" );
        System.out.println( ( sdf.format( today, toAppendTo, fp ) ).toString() );
    }
}

See also this Sun link for more about customizing date and time formats using java.text.SimpleDateFormat.
Hope this helps,
Art

[kavya krushi]

Thanks Art...