java.time.LocalDateTime.now() Method Example

Description

The java.time.LocalDateTime.now(Clock clock) method obtains the current date-time from the specified clock.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.LocalDateTime.now(Clock clock) method.

public static LocalDateTime now(Clock clock)

Parameters

clock − the clock to use, not null.

Return Value

the current date-time, not null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.LocalDateTime.now(Clock clock) method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Clock;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;

public class LocalDateTimeDemo {
   public static void main(String[] args) {
 
      LocalDateTime date = LocalDateTime.now(Clock.systemUTC());
      System.out.println(date);  
   }
}

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

2017-03-17T09:47:15.785