Steps to get current date time in java
- Creating the SimpleDateFormat object with the desire pattern.
 
- Create an object of Date class.
 
- Call the format() method of DateFormat class and pass the date object as an argument to the method.
 
Java get current date time example
package com.w3schools;
 
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
 
public class GetDateTime {
	public static void main(String args[]){
		SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
		String date = sdf.format(new Date()); 
		System.out.println(date);
	}
} | 
package com.w3schools;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class GetDateTime {
	public static void main(String args[]){
		SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
		String date = sdf.format(new Date()); 
		System.out.println(date);
	}
}
 
Output: