How to Get Current TimeStamp in Java

Written by Rahul, Updated on February 1, 2020

Java Code:

Timestamp ts = new Timestamp(date.getTime());

Above example command will return the current timestamp and save values in ts object variable.

Java Get TimeStamp

Following example will get the current time in milliseconds using getTime() function. After that Timestamp will convert it to the proper time. The below example is explained in multi-line but if you want the current timestamp only, Use above given one line code.

import java.util.Date;
import java.sql.Timestamp;

public class GetTimeStamp
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {

	 Date date= new Date();

	 long time = date.getTime();
     	 System.out.println("Time in Milliseconds: " + time);

	 Timestamp ts = new Timestamp(time);
	 System.out.println("Current Time Stamp: " + ts);
    }
}

import java.util.Date;

import java.sql.Timestamp;

public class GetTimeStamp

{

public static void main( String[] args )

{

Date date= new Date();

long time = date.getTime();

System.out.println("Time in Milliseconds: " + time);

Timestamp ts = new Timestamp(time);

System.out.println("Current Time Stamp: " + ts);

}

After executing the above Java code you will get the following values in return.

Time in Milli Seconds: 1447402821007
Current Time Stamp: 2015-11-13 13:50:21.007

Java Get Date Only

You can use SimpleDateFormat with Calendar class to find the date and time only.

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class GetTimeStamp
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
         Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

         SimpleDateFormat dateOnly = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
         System.out.println(dateOnly.format(cal.getTime()));
    }
}

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class GetTimeStamp

{

public static void main( String[] args )

{

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

SimpleDateFormat dateOnly = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");

System.out.println(dateOnly.format(cal.getTime()));

}

Output:

02/01/2020

Java Get Time Only

Similarly, you can use SimpleDateFormat with Calendar class to find the time only as well.

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class GetTimeStamp
{
    public static void main( String[] args )
    {
         Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

         SimpleDateFormat timeOnly = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
         System.out.println(timeOnly.format(cal.getTime()));
    }
}

import java.util.Calendar;

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

public class GetTimeStamp

{

public static void main( String[] args )

{

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

SimpleDateFormat timeOnly = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");

System.out.println(timeOnly.format(cal.getTime()));

}

Output:

15:05:40

How to Get Current TimeStamp in Java

Java Code:

Java Get TimeStamp

Java Get Date Only

Java Get Time Only

Rahul

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