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Android Get Current Time and Date

For getting current (today) date and time in android application, we used calendar class get the current instance of android phone clock.
After getting calendar class object, we required a formatted object for date and time.
 
  Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
  SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd:MMMM:yyyy HH:mm:ss a");
  String strDate = sdf.format(c.getTime()); 
  System.out.println("================>>>"+strDate);

Android Time formats table

d single digit date e.g. 5
dd double digit date e.g. 05
M single digit month e.g. 1
MM double digit month e.g. 01
MMM three-letter abbreviation for month e.g. Jan
MMMM month spelled out in full e.g. January
yy double digit year e.g. 13
yyyy four digit year e.g. 2013

Android Time format table

h single digit hours in 12 hour format e.g. 9
hh double digit hours in 12 hour formate e.g. 09
H single digit hours in 24 hour format e.g. 9PM as 21
HH double digit hours in 24 hour format e.g. 9PM as 21
m single digit mints e.g. 9
mm double digit mints e.g.0 9
s single digit seconds e.g. 9
ss double digit seconds e.g. 9
a am/pm marker

Android Date and Time Separators

" . " – Dots or full stops
" - " – Hyphens or dashes
" " – Spaces
: – colon mostly used between time
" / " – Slash

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