ZonedDateTime now() Method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 21 Jan, 2019
In ZonedDateTime class, there are three types of now() method depending upon the parameters passed to it.

now()

now() method of a ZonedDateTime class used to obtain the current date-time from the system clock in the default time-zone.This method will return ZonedDateTime based on system clock with default time-zone to obtain the current date-time. The zone and offset will be set based on the time-zone in the clock. Syntax: 
public static ZonedDateTime now()
Parameters: This method accepts no parameter. Return value: This method returns the current date-time using the system clock. Below programs illustrate the now() method: Program 1: Java 
// Java program to demonstrate
// ZonedDateTime.now() method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // create an ZonedDateTime object
        ZonedDateTime lt
            = ZonedDateTime.now();

        // print result
        System.out.println("ZonedDateTime : "
                           + lt);
    }
}
Output: 
ZonedDateTime : 2019-01-21T05:36:18.973Z[Etc/UTC]

now(Clock clock)

now(Clock clock) method of a ZonedDateTime class used to return the current date-time based on the specified clock passed as parameter.The zone and offset will be set based on the time-zone in the clock. Syntax: 
public static ZonedDateTime now(Clock clock)
Parameters: This method accepts clock as parameter which is the clock to use. Return value: This method returns the current date-time. Below programs illustrate the now() method: Program 1: Java 
// Java program to demonstrate
// ZonedDateTime.now() method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // create a clock
        Clock cl = Clock.systemUTC();

        // create an ZonedDateTime object using now(Clock)
        ZonedDateTime lt
            = ZonedDateTime.now(cl);

        // print result
        System.out.println("ZonedDateTime : "
                           + lt);
    }
}
Output: 
ZonedDateTime : 2019-01-21T05:36:25.966Z

now(ZoneId zone)

now(ZoneId zone) method of a ZonedDateTime class used to return the current date-time from system clock in the specified time-zone passed as parameter.Specifying the time-zone avoids dependence on the default time-zone. The offset will be calculated from the specified time-zone. Syntax: 
public static ZonedDateTime now(ZoneId zone)
Parameters: This method accepts zone as parameter which is the zone to use. Return value: This method returns the current date-time. Below programs illustrate the now() method: Program 1: Java 
// Java program to demonstrate
// ZonedDateTime.now() method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // create a clock
        ZoneId zid = ZoneId.of("Europe/Paris");

        // create an ZonedDateTime object using now(zoneId)
        ZonedDateTime lt
            = ZonedDateTime.now(zid);

        // print result
        System.out.println("ZonedDateTime : "
                           + lt);
    }
}
Output: 
ZonedDateTime : 2019-01-21T06:36:30.188+01:00[Europe/Paris]
References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/ZonedDateTime.html#now() https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/ZonedDateTime.html#now(java.time.Clock) https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/ZonedDateTime.html#now(java.time.ZoneId)
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