How do u use system date in java?
I only know how in jsp. In jsp, u need to do the code below to get the sysdate


<%@ page import="java.text.*, java.util.Date" %>String date = DateFormat.getInstance().format(new Date());


and you will be able to get the system date which has the format 6/6/04 7:19 AM

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iv tried to do this in java


import java.util.Date;public String getSysDate() { String date = ""; String date = DateFormat.getInstance().format(new Date()); return date; }


there's an error on the variable DateFormat., it cannot resolve symbol.
does anyone know how?

That's because the import for the DateFormat is missing; DateFormat is not in default package (java.lang) so you have to import it as you did it in your jsp either by

or by

in the import section then it should work....


Cheers...

JDrive

--> The last post explained successfully why your code couldn't find the command as you didnot declare the exclusive namespace of the package. Another problem your could face here is casting the date from Date type to String. You have to use the toString() method which forms a part of every cannonical class in java. Try the following code instead:
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import java.util.Date;

public string getSysDate {

Date sysDate = new Date ();
String sysDateStr = sysDate.toString ();
return sysDateStr;

}
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There are several other methods to perform the same. Here's the code:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

public string getSysDate {

Calendar sysDate;
String sysDateStr;

sysDate = Calendar.getInstance();
sysDateStr = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-mmm-yy").format(curDate).toString();

return sysDateStr;
}

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Yet, a third method:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public string getSysDate {

// Make sure the Month ("MM") in the "MM-dd-yyyy" is in CAPITALS
SimpleDateFormat DateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");

Date today = new Date();

return DateFormat.Format (today).toString ();

}

Any of them should do your job fine....
.:: Cheers ::.

Get the Locale & DateTime
Using system date in java... How?

Package org.Glen.Helloworld;
Import java.Util.Date;
Import java.Util.Locale;
Import java.Text.DateFormat;

Public class HelloMain {

public static void main(String[] args) {
System.Out.Println("Locale: " + Locale.GetDefault());
System.Out.Println("DateTime: " + DateFormat.GetInstance().Format(new Date()));
}
}

-reply by glen

The key here is that "new Date()" returns the system date. How you want to format it is up to you, but any of the above mentioned suggestions are good!

Current Sysdate using Java
Using system date in java... How?

Import java.Util.Date;
import java.Text.DateFormat;
import java.Text.SimpleDateFormat;

private String getDateTime() {
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.Ms");
Date date = new Date();
System.Out.Println(dateFormat.Format(date));
}

You can format the date as per your requirement. Here I have tried to print the milliseconds also...Keep Rocking!!

-reply by niranjan