Java Now now()

Description

Get current date and time formatted as ISO 8601 string.

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String now() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/**/*  w w  w .  jav  a2s  .  c o  m*/
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 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Get current date and time formatted as ISO 8601 string.
     */
    public static String now() {
        return fromCalendar(GregorianCalendar.getInstance());
    }

    /**
     * Transform Calendar to ISO 8601 string.
     */
    public static String fromCalendar(final Calendar calendar) {
        Date date = calendar.getTime();
        String formatted = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ").format(date);
        return formatted.substring(0, 22) + ":" + formatted.substring(22);
    }
}

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