How to get current time of action in Android?

Question

How can I get the time an action was performed in the users preset format (24/12Hr)? I'm trying to set a textview with the time an onClick was performed.

EDIT: I've tried

Time currentTime = new Time();
currentTime.setToNow();

However, instead of XX:XX/X:XX I get a bunch of unneeded text.

possible duplicate of [Get current time and date on Android](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5369682/get-current-time-and-date-on-android) — Andrew Schuster, Aug 07 '14 at 13:29

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:26

The question have been asked already, e.g. here. So, to put current date-time in TextView use the following code:

time.setText(DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime()));

If You need only time (without date), then it should look the following:

time.setText(DateFormat.getTimeInstance().format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime()))

Also, checkout getTimeInstance(int style) which allows to use different style of the format (e.g. long, short, medium).

How to get current time of action in Android?

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