Java UTC Date getUTCTime()

Description

Returns current time in UTC timezone as string

License

Apache License

Return

string

Declaration

public static String getUTCTime() 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns current time in UTC timezone as string
     * @return string
     */
    public static String getUTCTime() {
        Date currentTime = new Date();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, MMM d, yyyy hh:mm:ss a z");
        sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        return sdf.format(currentTime);
    }
}

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1. getUtcDateString()
2. getUtcDateStringFromTimestamp(Date timeStamp)
3. GetUTCdatetimeAsString()
4. GetUtcNow()
5. getUTCTime()
6. getUTCTime(final Date inDate)
7. getUtcTimestamp()
8. getUtcTimestamp()
9. getUTCTimestamp(Date date)