get current date and time in groovy?

Question

What is the code to get the current date and time in groovy? I've looked around and can't find an easy way to do this. Essentially I'm looking for linux equivalent of date

I have :

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat

def call(){
    def date = new Date()
    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy")
    return sdf.format(date)
}

but I need to print time as well.

score 59 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 10 '21 at 13:20

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Date has the time as well, just add HH:mm:ss to the date format:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
def date = new Date()
def sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")
println sdf.format(date)

In case you are using JRE 8+ you can use LocalDateTime:

import java.time.LocalDateTime
def dt = LocalDateTime.now()
println dt

edited Jun 10 '21 at 13:20

Mr. Polywhirl

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answered Sep 07 '16 at 04:59

Gergely Toth

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I had to add `def` or `SimpleDateFormat` before `sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")` using Java 12 in a Gradle build file. – bwibo Jul 12 '19 at 09:53

score 25 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '16 at 06:39

Date has the time part, so we only need to extract it from Date

I personally prefer the default format parameter of the Date when date and time needs to be separated instead of using the extra SimpleDateFormat

Date date = new Date()
String datePart = date.format("dd/MM/yyyy")
String timePart = date.format("HH:mm:ss")

println "datePart : " + datePart + "\ttimePart : " + timePart

score 7 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 05 '21 at 11:20

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A oneliner to print timestamp of your local timezone:

String.format('%tF %<tH:%<tM', java.time.LocalDateTime.now())

Output for example: 2021-12-05 13:20

answered Dec 05 '21 at 11:20

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score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 08 '22 at 10:49

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Answering your question: new Date().format("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")

answered Mar 08 '22 at 10:49

Gabriel Ristow Cidral

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The most simple way, without any imports :) – QkiZ Apr 26 '22 at 15:20

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 28 '22 at 09:45

#!groovy
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Hello') {
            steps {
                script{
                def date = new Date()
                sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy")
                println(sdf.format(date))
                }   
            }
        }
    }
}

get current date and time in groovy?

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