Java 8 : Date API

Compared to the java.util.date API, the new date API’s are immutable and thread safe. Alos it has a lot of new features and methods compared to it’s previous counterpart.

API’s introduced in Java 8 are:

1. LocalDate
2. LocalTime
3. LocalDateTime

import java.time.*;

public class MyClass {  
public static void main(String[] args) {  
    //current date
    LocalDate date = LocalDate.now();
    System.out.println("Current date is "+
                        date);
  
  
    // current time
    LocalTime time = LocalTime.now();
    System.out.println("Current time is "+
                        time);
      
  
    // current time and date
    LocalDateTime current = LocalDateTime.now();
    System.out.println("Current date and time : "+
                        current);

// To format a date into a particular type
    DateTimeFormatter format =
      DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss"); 
   
    String formattedDate = current.format(format); 
    
    System.out.println("Formatted date is "+
                        formattedDate);
  
  
    //Get month,day from current date time
    Month month = current.getMonth();
    int day = current.getDayOfMonth();
    System.out.println("Month : "+month+" day : "+
                        day);                      
}  
}