java.time.Clock.system() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Clock.system() method obtains a clock that returns the current instant using best available system clock.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Clock.system() method.

public static Clock system(ZoneId zone)

Parameters

zone − the time-zone to use to convert the instant to date-time, not null.

Return Value

a clock that uses the best available system clock in the specified zone, not null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Clock.system() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Clock;
import java.time.ZoneId;

public class ClockDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
   
      Clock clock = Clock.system(ZoneId.systemDefault());  
      System.out.println("Clock : " + clock.toString());
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

Clock : SystemClock[Asia/Calcutta]