Current date and time

[V.R. Sundar]

hi,
I have a log class for logging all error messages/output. I would like to modify it to add a timestamp to the message and also create the log file based on the current date. How do i get the current date and time. I looked some classes including Calender but could not find an easy way to do this (or atleast one that i understood easily . Does anyone have any suggestions on how to do this?
thanks
sundar

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

Well, if you create a Date object with no constructor arguments, it represents "right now". The Date.toString() method produces a lovely rendering of the Date. So...

    String timestamp = new java.util.Date().toString();

should give you just what you want, something like "Tue Jul 29 17:40:37 PDT 2003".
[ July 29, 2003: Message edited by: Ernest Friedman-Hill ]

[qingwu wang]

System.out.println(new Date()+": "+msg);

[V.R. Sundar]

Originally posted by qingwu wang:

Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:

Ernest & qingwu,
Thanks for the info. I used the Date class and it works fine.
sundar