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Java Date Time - LocalDateTime.now() Examples

[Last Updated: Nov 8, 2025]

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Class:

java.time.LocalDateTime

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.time.LocalDateTimejava.time.LocalDateTimejava.time.temporal.TemporalTemporaljava.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusterTemporalAdjusterjava.time.chrono.ChronoLocalDateTimeChronoLocalDateTimejava.io.SerializableSerializableLogicBig

Methods:

public static LocalDateTime now()

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

public static LocalDateTime now(ZoneId zone)

Returns the current local date time instance from the system clock, adjusting fields values to the specified time-zone.

public static LocalDateTime now(Clock clock)

Returns the current local date instance from the provided Clock.



Examples


package com.logicbig.example.localdatetime;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;

public class NowExample {

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

Output

2017-05-01T16:27:39.195




package com.logicbig.example.localdatetime;

import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneId;

public class NowExample2 {

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

Output

2017-05-02T11:27:41.260




package com.logicbig.example.localdatetime;

import java.time.Clock;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneId;

public class NowExample3 {

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

Output

2017-05-02T06:27:43

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