how to know if a date is today 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: get today date in java 8

LocalDate localDate = LocalDate.now();