java.time.LocalDate.now() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDate.now() method obtains the current date from the system clock in the default time-zone.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDate.now() method.

public static LocalDate now()

Return Value

the current date using the system clock and default time-zone, not null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDate.now() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class LocalDateDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
	  
      LocalDate date = LocalDate.now();
      System.out.println(date);  
   }
}

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

2017-03-16