How to get the current Time

Question

How to get the current time in Android?

When i use

int hours = java.sql.Time.this.getHours();

i get the error:

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Answer 1

If you just want the current timestamp, you can use:

long millis = System.currentTimeMillis()

You can also get other time related values such as the uptime or total elapsed time since the last boot (including sleep time) from android.os.SystemClock.