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Java Dates

Java does not have a built-in Date class, but we can import the java.time package to work with the date and time API. The package includes many date and time classes. For example:

Class

Description

LocalDate

Represents a date (year, month, day (yyyy-MM-dd))

LocalTime

Represents a time (hour, minute, second and nanoseconds (HH-mm-ss-ns))

LocalDateTime

Represents both a date and a time (yyyy-MM-dd-HH-mm-ss-ns)

DateTimeFormatter

Formatter for displaying and parsing date-time objects

If you don't know what a package is, read our Java Packages Tutorial.

Display Current Date

To display the current date, import the java.time.LocalDate class, and use its now() method:

Example

import java.time.LocalDate; // import the LocalDate class

 

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    LocalDate myObj = LocalDate.now(); // Create a date object

    System.out.println(myObj); // Display the current date

  }

}

The output will be:

2024-03-29

Display Current Time

To display the current time (hour, minute, second, and nanoseconds), import the java.time.LocalTime class, and use its now() method:

Example

import java.time.LocalTime; // import the LocalTime class

 

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    LocalTime myObj = LocalTime.now();

    System.out.println(myObj);

  }

}

The output will be:

22:16:34.158328

Display Current Date and Time

To display the current date and time, import the java.time.LocalDateTime class, and use its now() method:

Example

import java.time.LocalDateTime; // import the LocalDateTime class

 

public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {

    LocalDateTime myObj = LocalDateTime.now();

    System.out.println(myObj);

  }

}

The output will be:

2024-03-29T22:16:34.158406

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