How to get Current Time in Java....

[Maya sekar]

Hi guys,

I need to get the current time (as displayed on the system) in my program and schedule a task to run at a particular time everyday.... I heard in java the time is displayed by UTC Time.... Will it not be possible to get the local time?

[Jesper de Jong]

Maya sekar wrote:I heard in java the time is displayed by UTC Time....

That's not true. You can display the time in any timezone you like.

You get the current time by simply creating a new java.util.Date object. You can format it as you like with a SimpleDateFormat. By default it will use the local timezone of your computer, but you can tell the SimpleDateFormat object to display it in any other timezone.

// Create a Date object set to the current date and time
Date now = new Date();

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");

// Print the date in the default timezone
System.out.println(df.format(now));

// Set a specific timezone
df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
System.out.println(df.format(now));

[Maya sekar]

Hi Jesper,

Thank you loads for your time and response..... That is exactly what I was looking for....
Thanks again....
Have a nice day