how to get the current date

[Siva Jagadeesan]

hi everybody:
I am workin in a small application . I want to get the current date in this format "mm\dd\yyyy"
can anyone tell me how to do that ?
rgds
siva

[deekasha gunwant]

Hi siva,
u can use

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
String mmddyy = ""+(c.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1)+"/"
             +(c.get(Calendar.DAY)+"/"
             +(c.get(Calendar.YEAR);   

note that c.get(Calendar.MONTH) returns (current month -1) so i have added 1 to it.
regards
deekasha
regards
deekasha

[Sheldon Rego]

Hi There Siva,
try using the abstract Class DateFormat on an instance of a Date Object, U can modify the formats of the Date.
check it out....
Bye,
Sheldon

[Sheldon Rego]

By the way I tried out the syntax provided by the ranch hand had an error the actual value would be
String mmddyy = ""+(c.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1)+"/"+(c.get(Calendar.DATE))+"/"+(c.get(Calendar.YEAR));
See ya
Sheldon

[deekasha gunwant]

hi sheldon,
thanks for the correction.
regards
deekasha

[Siva Jagadeesan]

Thank you guys

[Binqing Liu]

Hi, Deekasha:
What more should be done if I want the current date to be a Date type rather than a String type.
The reply is appreciated.
BQ

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
String mmddyy = ""+(c.get(Calendar.MONTH)+1)+"/"
             +(c.get(Calendar.DAY)+"/"
             +(c.get(Calendar.YEAR);   

note that c.get(Calendar.MONTH) returns (current month -1) so i have added 1 to it.
regards
deekasha
regards
deekasha[/qb]<hr></blockquote>
[ November 12, 2002: Message edited by: Binqing Liu ]

[Riaz Mohamed]

hi guys try this,
public static java.sql.Date getCurrentDate()
{
//long currentTime=System.currentTimeMillis();
//return new java.sql.Date(currentTime);
Calendar mobjCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
java.sql.Date mdtSQLDate = new java.sql.Date(mobjCalendar.getTime().getTime());
return mdtSQLDate;
}

[Murali Nanchala]

You will lose the timestamp by using a java.sql.Date; Instead do this
java.util.Date currentDate = new Date();
Murali