Java Now now()

Description

Method to return the current time in the form: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss

License

Open Source License

Return

the current time in a string (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss)

Declaration

public static String now() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
/*/*from  ww w  .j  a  va 2 s .  c  o  m*/
 * DAITSS Copyright (C) 2007 University of Florida
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
 * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
 */

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Method to return the current time in the form:
     * yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
     * 
     * @return the current time in a string (yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss)
     */
    public static String now() {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
        Date d = new Date();
        return sdf.format(d);
    }

    /**
     * @param format
     * @return String object
     */
    public static String now(String format) {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
        Date d = new Date();
        return sdf.format(d);
    }
}

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