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Simple Java Android JSON API call to get Current DateTime
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worldClockDateTime.java
public Calendar getWorldClockCurrentDateTime() {
URLConnection connection = new URL("http://worldclockapi.com/api/json/cet/now").openConnection();
BufferedReader bfr = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(connection.getInputStream()));
JSONObject dateTimeJson = new JSONObject(bfr.readLine());
Date date = dateParser.parse(dateTimeJson.getString("currentDateTime"));
Calendar rvalue = Calendar.getInstance();
rvalue.setTime(date);
return rvalue;
}
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