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:

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

Output:

Wed Mar 27 08:22:02 IST 2015

2nd way:

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

Output:

Wed Mar 27 08:22:02 IST 2015

3rd way:

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

Output:

2015-03-27

4th way:

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

Output:

Wed Mar 27 08:22:02 IST 2015

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