How to get current timestamp in string format in Java? “yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss”

Question

How to get timestamp in string format in Java? \"yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss\"

String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat(\"yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss\").format(new Timestamp(         


        

Answer 1

Use java.util.Date class instead of Timestamp.

String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss").format(new Date());

This will get you the current date in the format specified.