Here you can find the source of now()
public static String now()
//package com.java2s; /******************************************************************************* * Copyright 2014 Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics * /*ww w. ja va 2 s. c o m*/ * This file is part of WhiteRabbit * * 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. ******************************************************************************/ import java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static String now() { Date d = new Date(); DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM, DateFormat.MEDIUM); return df.format(d); } }