Equivalent of C#'s DateTime.Now in Java?

Question

How do I get the current date in Java?

In C# it is DateTime.Now.

Answer 1

Just create a new Date object externally any arguments; this will assign the prevailing date and time to the new object.

import java.util.Date;

Date d = new Date();

In the terms of the Javadocs for the zero-argument constructor:

Allocates a Date object and initializes it so that it represents the time at which it was allocated, measured to the nearest millisecond.

Make certain you're using java.util.Date and not java.sql.Date -- the latter doesn't possess a zero-arg constructor, and has moderately different semantics that is the subject of an completely different discussion.