How to get the current Time

Question

How to get the current time in Android?

When i use

int hours = java.sql.Time.this.getHours();

i get the error:

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Answer 1

Just adding a little to Andrew's reply. The later part of the code increments the hour if your time zone is in daylight savings mode. The HOUR_OF_DAY is in 24 hour format.

    Calendar currentTime    = Calendar.getInstance()                ;
    int hour                = currentTime.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY) ; 
    int minute              = currentTime.get(Calendar.MINUTE)      ;
    int second              = currentTime.get(Calendar.SECOND)      ;
    long milliDiff          = currentTime.get(Calendar.ZONE_OFFSET) ;
    // Got local offset, now loop through available timezone id(s).
    String [] ids           = TimeZone.getAvailableIDs()            ;
    for (String id : ids) 
            {
       TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone(id)                   ;
       if (tz.getRawOffset() == milliDiff)
          {  // Found a match, now check for daylight saving
          boolean inDs    = tz.inDaylightTime(new Date())   ;
          if (inDs)       { hour += 1 ; }
          if (hour == 25) { hour  = 1 ; }
          break                                             ;
          }
        }