Java Utililty Methods Time Now

List of utility methods to do Time Now

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Method

StringgetNowOfDateByFormat(String format)
get Now Of Date By Format 
Date d = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
String dateStr = sdf.format(d);
return dateStr;
StringgetNowPatch()
this is a fix for all strange date format; it returns the NOW value. 
java.util.Date d = new java.util.Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
DateFormat utcf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z", Locale.US);
String out = utcf.format(d);
return out;
StringgetNowSinceHour()
get Now Since Hour 
Date now = new Date();
return getNowSinceHour(now);
StringgetNowStr()
get current date and time string 
return format(new Date(), FORMAT_DATE_TIME);
StringgetNowStr()
get Now Str 
return dateToStr();
StringgetNowStr()
get Now Str 
return dateTimeFormatter2.format(new Date());
StringgetNowStrDateVerbose()
Gets "now" in verbose format. 
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MMMMM.dd hh:mm:ss aaa z");
Calendar opDate = Calendar.getInstance();
df.setTimeZone(DEFAULT_TIME_ZONE);
return df.format(opDate.getTime());
StringgetNowString()
returns Now in String (HHMM format) 
return getTodayInFormat("HHmm");
StringgetNowString()
return a string of todays date time suitable this is in more international form that the version above 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss"); 
final String dateText = sdf.format(new Date());
return dateText;
StringgetNowString(String pattern)
get Now String 
return getDateFormat(pattern).format(getNow());