How to get year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds of the current moment in Java?

Question

How can I get the year, month, day, hours, minutes, seconds and milliseconds of the current moment in Java? I would like to have them as Strings.

Answer 1

in java 7 Calendar one line

new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS").format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime())