print current date in java

Question

I want to print current date and time in java..This is the code I am trying from a java tutorial:

import java.util.*;
  
public class Date {
   public static          


        

Answer 1

You should not use the toString() method, because:

The toString method for class Object returns a string consisting of the name of the class of which the object is an instance, the at-sign character `@', and the unsigned hexadecimal representation of the hash code of the object. In other words, this method returns a string equal to the value of:

getClass().getName() + '@' + Integer.toHexString(hashCode())

Quote from docs.oracle: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/lang/Object.html).

The Date class is designed to use like everyone else has answered. Just wanted to explain/give you a reference to why.