format current time java code example

Example 1: java how to get current date

import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;  
import java.time.LocalDateTime;    
public class CurrentDateTimeExample1 {    
  public static void main(String[] args) {    
   DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");  
   LocalDateTime now = LocalDateTime.now();  
   System.out.println(dtf.format(now));  
  }    
}

Example 2: how to format a datetime object to show date and time and milliseconds in java

public String getCurrentTimeStamp() {
    return new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS").format(new Date());
}