LocalDate now() Method in Java with Examples

Last Updated : 21 Jan, 2019

In LocalDate class, there are three types of now() method depending upon the parameters passed to it.

now()

now() method of a LocalDate class used to obtain the current date from the system clock in the default time-zone.This method will return LocalDate based on system clock with default time-zone to obtain the current date.

Syntax:

public static LocalDate now()

Parameters: This method accepts no parameter.

Return value: This method returns the current date using the system clock and default time-zone.

Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:

// Java program to demonstrate 
// LocalDate.now() method 
  
import java.time.*; 
  
public class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
  
        // create an LocalDate object 
        LocalDate lt 
            = LocalDate.now(); 
  
        // print result 
        System.out.println("LocalDate : "
                           + lt); 
    } 
} 

Output:

LocalDate : 2019-01-21

now(Clock clock)

now(Clock clock) method of a LocalDate class used to return the current date based on the specified clock passed as parameter.

Syntax:

public static LocalDate now(Clock clock)

Parameters: This method accepts clock as parameter which is the clock to use.

Return value: This method returns the current date.

Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:

// Java program to demonstrate 
// LocalDate.now() method 
  
import java.time.*; 
  
public class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
  
        // create a clock 
        Clock cl = Clock.systemUTC(); 
  
        // create an LocalDate object using now(Clock) 
        LocalDate lt 
            = LocalDate.now(cl); 
  
        // print result 
        System.out.println("LocalDate : "
                           + lt); 
    } 
} 

Output:

LocalDate : 2019-01-21

now(ZoneId zone)

now(ZoneId zone) method of a LocalDate class used to return the current date from system clock in the specified time-zone passed as parameter.Specifying the time-zone avoids dependence on the default time-zone.

Syntax:

public static LocalDate now(ZoneId zone)

Parameters: This method accepts zone as parameter which is the zone to use.

Return value: This method returns the current date-time.

Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:

// Java program to demonstrate 
// LocalDate.now() method 
  
import java.time.*; 
  
public class GFG { 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
  
        // create a clock 
        ZoneId zid = ZoneId.of("Europe/Paris"); 
  
        // create an LocalDate object using now(zoneId) 
        LocalDate lt 
            = LocalDate.now(zid); 
  
        // print result 
        System.out.println("LocalDate : "
                           + lt); 
    } 
} 