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Java Date Time - LocalDate.now() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

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Class:

java.time.LocalDate

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.time.LocalDatejava.time.LocalDatejava.time.temporal.TemporalTemporaljava.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusterTemporalAdjusterjava.time.chrono.ChronoLocalDateChronoLocalDatejava.io.SerializableSerializableLogicBig

Methods:

public static LocalDate now()

Returns the current local date instance from the system clock in the default time-zone.


public static LocalDate now(ZoneId zone)

Returns the current local date instance from the system clock in the specified time-zone


public static LocalDate now(Clock clock)

Returns the current local date instance from the provided Clock.


Examples


package com.logicbig.example.localdate;

import java.time.LocalDate;

public class NowExample {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        LocalDate d = LocalDate.now();
        System.out.println(d);
    }
}

Output

2017-05-01




package com.logicbig.example.localdate;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.ZoneId;

public class NowExample2 {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        LocalDate d = LocalDate.now(ZoneId.of("Pacific/Kiritimati"));
        System.out.println(d);
    }

}

Output

2017-05-02




package com.logicbig.example.localdate;

import java.time.Clock;
import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.ZoneId;

public class NowExample3 {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        LocalDate d = LocalDate.now(
                  Clock.tickSeconds(ZoneId.of("Japan")));
        System.out.println(d);
    }
}

Output

2017-05-02

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