How to parse/format dates with LocalDateTime? (Java 8)

Question

Java 8 added a new java.time API for working with dates and times (JSR 310).

I have date and time as string (e.g. \"2014-04-08 12:30\"). How can I obtai

Answer 1

GET CURRENT UTC TIME IN REQUIRED FORMAT

// Current UTC time
        OffsetDateTime utc = OffsetDateTime.now(ZoneOffset.UTC);

        // GET LocalDateTime 
        LocalDateTime localDateTime = utc.toLocalDateTime();
        System.out.println("*************" + localDateTime);

        // formated UTC time
        DateTimeFormatter dTF = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
        System.out.println(" formats as " + dTF.format(localDateTime));

        //GET UTC time for current date
        Date now= new Date();
        LocalDateTime utcDateTimeForCurrentDateTime = Instant.ofEpochMilli(now.getTime()).atZone(ZoneId.of("UTC")).toLocalDateTime();
        DateTimeFormatter dTF2 = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm");
        System.out.println(" formats as " + dTF2.format(utcDateTimeForCurrentDateTime));