Get current date and time with the SimpleDateFormat class

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This class prints current date and time by creating a Date object and using instances of SimpleDateFormat to format the Date object.
See the SimpleDateFormat api reference for more format options.

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class GetDateTime {


  public GetDateTime() {

    SimpleDateFormat sdfDate = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    SimpleDateFormat sdfTime = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");

    Date now = new Date();

    String strDate = sdfDate.format(now);
    String strTime = sdfTime.format(now);

    System.out.println("Date: " + strDate);
    System.out.println("Time: " + strTime);

  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    GetDateTime getDateTime = new GetDateTime();
  }
}

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