Here you can find the source of getNow()
public static String getNow()
//package com.java2s; /*//w w w . ja v a 2 s. c o m * Copyright (C) 2005 Chin-Yun Hsieh <hsieh@csie.ntut.edu.tw> * Yu Chin Cheng <yccheng@csie.ntut.edu.tw> * Chien-Tsun Chen <ctchen@ctchen.idv.tw> * Tsui-Chen She <kay_sher@hotmail.com> * Chia-Hao Wu<chwu2004@gmail.com> * * 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.Calendar; import java.util.Date; public class Main { public static final String _DEFAULT_TIMEZON = "GMT+8"; public static final String _16DIGIT_DATE_TIME = "yyyy/MM/dd-HH:mm:ss"; public static String getNow() { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(_16DIGIT_DATE_TIME); return sdf.format(getTimezoneDate(_DEFAULT_TIMEZON)); } public static String format(Date aDate, String type) { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(type); return sdf.format(aDate); } public static Date getTimezoneDate(String stateCode) { final int GMT8 = 8; Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(); @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") Date date = new Date(); date.setHours(date.getHours() + GMT8); return date; } public static int getHours(int minutes) { int hr = minutes / 60; return hr; } }