How to get current date and time using now methods of ZonedDateTime Class | Java 8 Date and Time

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ZoneDateTimeDemo.java

import java.time.Clock;
import java.time.ZoneId;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;

public class ZoneDateTimeDemo
{

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Clock clock = Clock.systemUTC();
        System.out.println(clock);

        /*
         * Obtains the current date-time from the specified clock.
         *
         * Parameters:
         *
         * clock - the clock to use, not null
         *
         * Returns:
         *
         * the current date-time, not null
         */
        ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime1 = ZonedDateTime.now(clock);
        System.out.println(zonedDateTime1);

        ZoneId zoneId = ZoneId.systemDefault();
        System.out.println(zoneId);

        /*
         * Obtains the current date-time from the system clock in the
         * specified time-zone.
         *
         * Parameters:
         *
         * zone - the zone ID to use, not null
         *
         * Returns:
         *
         * the current date-time using the system clock, not null
         *
         */
        ZonedDateTime zonedDateTime2 = ZonedDateTime.now(zoneId);
        System.out.println(zonedDateTime2);
    }

}

Output

SystemClock[Z]
2018-02-08T04:30:10.162Z
Asia/Calcutta
2018-02-08T10:02:26.163+05:30[Asia/Calcutta]

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