How can I get the current date and time in UTC or GMT in Java?

Answer 1

If you want a Date object with fields adjusted for UTC you can do it like this with Joda Time:

import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
import java.util.Date;

...

Date local = new Date();
System.out.println("Local: " + local);
DateTimeZone zone = DateTimeZone.getDefault();
long utc = zone.convertLocalToUTC(local.getTime(), false);
System.out.println("UTC: " + new Date(utc));