A java program to get current date time using the java.util.Date class. Check the blog post at https://coderolls.com/get-current-date-time-in-java/

DateExample.java

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

/**
 * A java program to get current date time using the java.util.Date class
 * @author Gaurav Kukade at coderolls.com
 *
 */
public class DateExample {

	public static void main(String[] args) {
		
		SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
		Date date = new Date();  
		
		// print date object
		System.out.println(date);  // Sat May 15 12:21:39 IST 2021
		
		// print formated date object
		System.out.println(simpleDateFormat.format(date));    // 15/05/2021 12:21:39
		
		// creates new Date() object using System.currentTimeMillis()
		Date date2 = new Date(System.currentTimeMillis());
		System.out.println(simpleDateFormat.format(date));    // 15/05/2021 12:21:39

		
	}

}