get the current date in 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: java get current date

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");  
Date date = new Date();  
System.out.println(formatter.format(date));  

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System.out.println(LocalDate.now());

Example 3: java how to get current time

import java.util.Calendar;
Date currentTime = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();