How to get current Date and Time in Java

In this article, you’ll find several examples to get the current date, current time, current date & time, current date & time in a specific timezone in Java.

Get current Date in Java

package com.callicoder;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class CurrentDateTimeExample {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        // Currnet Date
        LocalDate currentDate = LocalDate.now();
        System.out.println("Current Date : " + currentDate);
    }
}

Output

Current Date : 2020-06-15

Get current Time in Java

package com.callicoder;

import java.time.LocalTime;

public class CurrentDateTimeExample {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        // Current Time
        LocalTime currentTime = LocalTime.now();
        System.out.println("Current Time : " + currentTime);
    }
}

Output

Current Time : 13:30:27.447

Get Current Date and Time in Java

package com.callicoder;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;

public class CurrentDateTimeExample {
    
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        
        // Current Date and Time
        LocalDateTime currentDateTime = LocalDateTime.now();
        System.out.println("Current Date & Time : " + currentDateTime);
    }
}

Output

Current Date and Time : 2020-06-15T13:40:52.050

Get current Date and Time in specific Timezone in Java

package com.callicoder;

import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;

public class CurrentDateTimeExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Current Date and Time in a given Timezone
        ZonedDateTime currentNewYorkDateTime = ZonedDateTime.now(ZoneId.of("America/New_York"));
        System.out.println(currentNewYorkDateTime);
    }
}

Output

2020-06-15T01:50:00.410-04:00[America/New_York]