Here you can find the source of now()
public static String now()
//package com.java2s; /*/* w w w .j av a2 s . c o m*/ * Copyright 2015 Mikhail Khodonov * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. * * $Id$ */ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { /** * Returns current date/time as a string * * @return the current date/time in short format */ public static String now() { return (DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT).format(new Date())); } }