Java Date

The java.util, java.sql and java.text packages contains classes for representing date and time. Following classes are important for dealing with date in java.

• java.util.Date class
• java.sql.Date class
• java.text.DateFormat class
• java.text.SimpleDateFormat class
• java.util.Calendar class
• java.util.GregorianCalendar class
• java.sql.Time class
• java.sql.Timestamp class
• java.util.TimeZone class

Get Current Date

There are 4 ways to print current date in java.

1st way:

1. java.util.Date date=new java.util.Date();  
2. System.out.println(date);  

Output:

Wed Mar 27 08:22:02 IST 2015

2nd way:

1. long millis=System.currentTimeMillis();  
2. java.util.Date date=new java.util.Date(millis);  
3. System.out.println(date);  

Output:

Wed Mar 27 08:22:02 IST 2015

3rd way:

1. long millis=System.currentTimeMillis();  
2. java.sql.Date date=new java.sql.Date(millis);  
3. System.out.println(date);  

Output:

2015-03-27

4th way:

1. Date date=java.util.Calendar.getInstance().getTime();  
2. System.out.println(date);  

Output:

Wed Mar 27 08:22:02 IST 2015