java current time in ms code example

Example 1: 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());
}

Example 2: java get current milliseconds

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.lang.*;

public class SystemDemo {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      // returns the current time in milliseconds
      System.out.print("Current Time in milliseconds = ");
      System.out.println(System.currentTimeMillis());
   }
}