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How to get current day, month, year, day of week/month/year in java

By Chaitanya Singh | Filed Under: java

In this tutorial we will see how to get current date, day, month, year, day of week, day of month and day of year in java.

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

class Example {

   public static void main(String args[]) {
      Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getDefault());
      //getTime() returns the current date in default time zone
      Date date = calendar.getTime();
      int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DATE);
      //Note: +1 the month for current month
      int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1;
      int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
      int dayOfWeek = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK);
      int dayOfMonth = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
      int dayOfYear = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR);

      System.out.println("Current Date is: " + date);
      System.out.println("Current Day is:: " + day);
      System.out.println("Current Month is:: " + month);
      System.out.println("Current Year is: " + year);
      System.out.println("Current Day of Week is: " + dayOfWeek);
      System.out.println("Current Day of Month is: " + dayOfMonth);
      System.out.println("Current Day of Year is: " + dayOfYear);

   }
}

Output:

Current Date is: Wed Jan 08 20:30:26 IST 2014
Current Day is:: 8
Current Month is:: 1
Current Year is: 2014
Current Day of Week is: 4
Current Day of Month is: 8
Current Day of Year is: 8

In the above example we have fetched the data of local timezone (note: we have used TimeZone.getDefault() in the first statement of the program. However it is also possible to get these details for another TimeZone.

Here is how to do it:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(TimeZone.getDefault());
//change the timezone: Provide the TimeZone Id as parameter
cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Europe/Athens"));
//get the details in new time zone
System.out.println(cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY));
System.out.println(cal.get(Calendar.WEEK_OF_MONTH));
System.out.println(cal.get(Calendar.WEEK_OF_YEAR));
...

Here Europe/Athens is the Id of a TimeZone. In order to know the all the Ids, run the following code. It would give you all existing Ids which you can use in your program:

for (String string : TimeZone.getAvailableIDs()) {
      System.out.println(string);
}

Output would be like:

Etc/GMT+12
Etc/GMT+11
Pacific/Midway
Pacific/Niue
Pacific/Pago_Pago
Pacific/Samoa
US/Samoa
America/Adak
America/Atka
Etc/GMT+10
HST
....
...

References:

  • http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html
  • http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/TimeZone.html

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About the Author

I have 15 years of experience in the IT industry, working with renowned multinational corporations. Additionally, I have dedicated over a decade to teaching, allowing me to refine my skills in delivering information in a simple and easily understandable manner.

– Chaitanya

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