print current date in java

Question

I want to print current date and time in java..This is the code I am trying from a java tutorial:

import java.util.*;
  
public class Date {
   public static          


        

Answer 1

public static void main(String[] args) {

    DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
    //get current date time with Date()
    Date date = new Date();
    System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date));

    //get current date time with Calendar()
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    System.out.println(dateFormat.format(cal.getTime()));

}

Answer 2

You should not use the toString() method, because:

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

Quote from docs.oracle: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html).

The Date class is designed to use like everyone else has answered. Just wanted to explain/give you a reference to why.

Answer 3

import java.util.Date;
public class Dte {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Date date = new Date();
        System.out.println(date.toString());
    }
}

Change the class name Date to Dte or some thing and the code will work properly.

The output is : Mon Nov 03 21:27:15 IST 2014