How to get the current Time

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How to get the current time in Android?

When i use

int hours = java.sql.Time.this.getHours();

i get the error:

No enclosing instance of the type Time is accessible in scope

See this post http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2271131/display-current-time-and-date-in-android-application — Ally, Aug 31 '10 at 16:35

Thorstenvv · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-04T12:39:03.527

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int hours = new Time(System.currentTimeMillis()).getHours();

edited Apr 04 '14 at 12:39

answered Aug 31 '10 at 16:31

Thorstenvv

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System.currentTimeMillis() return long and Time don't have a long argument! sorry but this code is wrong. – mSafdel Jun 26 '12 at 11:47
this code is correct, since the question is about java.sql.Time which has an appropriate constructor. – Thorstenvv Sep 05 '12 at 15:00
On Android java.sql.time has no public hours member, and you must use getHours(). – Andrew Mackenzie Sep 28 '13 at 19:04
As I said, it does not work. After alt-Enter a pop up menu appears with two choices: "create class", "create inner class" – nms Apr 03 '14 at 08:21
getHours() method of Time class is deprecated since API 16. – twenk11k Oct 09 '18 at 15:59

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 13 '14 at 17:08

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Try this:

int hour = Calendar.getInstance().get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);

public static final int HOUR_OF_DAY Since: API Level 1 Field number for get and set indicating the hour of the day. HOUR_OF_DAY is used for the 24-hour clock. E.g., at 10:04:15.250 PM the HOUR_OF_DAY is 22.

edited Dec 13 '14 at 17:08

Alex K

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answered Aug 31 '10 at 18:22

user223697

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score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 12 '11 at 06:55

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My favorite sample:

Time dtNow = new Time();
dtNow.setToNow();
int hours = dtNow.hour;
String lsNow = dtNow.format("%Y.%m.%d %H:%M");
String lsYMD = dtNow.toString();    // YYYYMMDDTHHMMSS

edited Dec 12 '11 at 06:55

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answered Dec 12 '11 at 06:52

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I think this is faster than `Calendar.getInstance()`. Thanks – FindOutIslamNow May 29 '18 at 03:27

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 31 '10 at 16:34

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If you just want the current timestamp, you can use:

long millis = System.currentTimeMillis()

You can also get other time related values such as the uptime or total elapsed time since the last boot (including sleep time) from android.os.SystemClock.

answered Aug 31 '10 at 16:34

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tobsen · Answer 5 · 2013-02-24T15:03:08.867

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The instance of the Calendar Class is set to the current date and time.

edited Feb 24 '13 at 15:03

answered Aug 31 '10 at 16:32

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Andrew Mackenzie · Answer 6 · 2016-06-06T08:05:16.050

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Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(); // get current time in a Calendar

then you can do lots with the Calendar instance, such as get the Hours or the Minutes - like:

int hour = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);

This is recommended when you have to localize to many locales, and print data in multiple formats, or do operations on dates.

edited Jun 06 '16 at 08:05

answered Sep 28 '13 at 19:07

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This is currently the best answer as getHours() / getDate() etc have been depreciated. – Ravi Jun 04 '16 at 06:50

Brian Fleming · Answer 7 · 2017-04-02T02:33:38.957

Just adding a little to Andrew's reply. The later part of the code increments the hour if your time zone is in daylight savings mode. The HOUR_OF_DAY is in 24 hour format.

    Calendar currentTime    = Calendar.getInstance()                ;
    int hour                = currentTime.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) ; 
    int minute              = currentTime.get(Calendar.MINUTE)      ;
    int second              = currentTime.get(Calendar.SECOND)      ;
    long milliDiff          = currentTime.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET) ;
    // Got local offset, now loop through available timezone id(s).
    String [] ids           = TimeZone.getAvailableIDs()            ;
    for (String id : ids) 
            {
       TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(id)                   ;
       if (tz.getRawOffset() == milliDiff)
          {  // Found a match, now check for daylight saving
          boolean inDs    = tz.inDaylightTime(new Date())   ;
          if (inDs)       { hour += 1 ; }
          if (hour == 25) { hour  = 1 ; }
          break                                             ;
          }
        }

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