how can i display current time in java using currentTimeMillis() method

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i want to create a java program that displays the current time in GMT timezone using System.currentTimeMillis() method.

public class DisplayTime {
    public static void main(String[] args){

        long totalMilliSeconds = System.currentTimeMillis();
        long totalSeconds = totalMilliSeconds / 1000;
        long currentSecond = totalSeconds % 60;
        long totalMinutes = totalSeconds / 60;
        long currentMinute = totalMinutes % 60;
        long totalHours = totalMinutes / 60;
        long currentHour = totalMinutes % 12;
        System.out.println(currentHour + " : " + currentMinute + " : " + currentSecond);
    }
}

Possible duplicate of [How to transform currentTimeMillis to a readable date format?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10364383/how-to-transform-currenttimemillis-to-a-readable-date-format) — Ole V.V., Mar 11 '17 at 15:09
The easiest is `Instant.ofEpochMilli()`. Its `toString()` will give you an acceptable format, or you may format it to your liking. Don't know if it counts as cheating. — Ole V.V., Mar 11 '17 at 15:12
Looks like it should work except `long currentHour = totalMinutes % 12` needs to use `totalHours` instead of `totalMinutes` — BarrySW19, Mar 11 '17 at 15:19

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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I think this was answered on this post:How to transform currentTimeMillis to a readable date format? [duplicate]

edited May 23 '17 at 12:31

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