How to get the current date (now) using Calendar and Date in Java

Date dt = new Date();
System.out.println(dt);

String[] tzList = TimeZone.getAvailableIDs();

System.out.println(Arrays.toString(tzList));

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy");

sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("US/Alaska"));

System.out.println(sdf.format(dt));

Get current date using Calendar

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

Date calDate = cal.getTime();

System.out.println(calDate);

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class CalendarExample {
/**
* @param args
*/

public static void main(String[] args) {

// There are multiple ways to get current date
// The most common method is to use new Date()

Date dt = new Date();
System.out.println(dt);

// Make sure you import java.util.Date and not java.sql.Date
// Another popular method is to use Calendar instance

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

Date calDate = cal.getTime(); //.getTime() converts Calendar instance into Date

System.out.println(calDate);

//We can get the current date of a different time zone also.
// Get list of time zones

String[] tzList = TimeZone.getAvailableIDs();
System.out.println(Arrays.toString(tzList));

// Set the format in which you want to get the current date for the selected time zone

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy");

// set the time zone

sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("US/Alaska"));
System.out.println(sdf.format(dt));

//We can use Calendar as well for the same

sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+11"));
System.out.println(sdf.format(calDate));
}
}