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In LocalTime class, there are three types of now() method depending upon the parameters passed to it.

now()

now() method of a LocalTime class used to obtain the current time from the system clock in the default time-zone.This method will return LocalTime based on system clock with default time-zone to obtain the current time.

Syntax:

public static LocalTime now()

Parameters: This method accepts no parameter.

Return value: This method returns the current time using the system clock.

Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:




// Java program to demonstrate
// LocalTime.now() method
  
import java.time.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // create an LocalTime object
        LocalTime lt
            = LocalTime.now();
  
        // print result
        System.out.println("LocalTime : "
                           + lt);
    }
}


Output:

LocalTime : 05:47:38.946

now(Clock clock)

now(Clock clock) method of a LocalTime class used to return the current time based on the specified clock passed as parameter.

Syntax:

public static LocalTime now(Clock clock)

Parameters: This method accepts clock as parameter which is the clock to use.

Return value: This method returns the current time.

Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:




// Java program to demonstrate
// LocalTime.now() method
  
import java.time.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // create a clock
        Clock cl = Clock.systemUTC();
  
        // create an LocalTime object using now(Clock)
        LocalTime lt
            = LocalTime.now(cl);
  
        // print result
        System.out.println("LocalTime : "
                           + lt);
    }
}


Output:

LocalTime : 05:47:44.184

now(ZoneId zone)

now(ZoneId zone) method of a LocalTime class used to return the current time from system clock in the specified time-zone passed as parameter.Specifying the time-zone avoids dependence on the default time-zone.

Syntax:

public static LocalTime now(ZoneId zone)

Parameters: This method accepts zone as parameter which is the zone to use.

Return value: This method returns the current time.

Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:




// Java program to demonstrate
// LocalTime.now() method
  
import java.time.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
  
        // create a clock
        ZoneId zid = ZoneId.of("Europe/Paris");
  
        // create an LocalTime object using now(zoneId)
        LocalTime lt
            = LocalTime.now(zid);
  
        // print result
        System.out.println("LocalTime : "
                           + lt);
    }
}


Output:

LocalTime : 06:47:45.982

References:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalTime.html#now()
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalTime.html#now(java.time.Clock)
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalTime.html#now(java.time.ZoneId)



Last Updated : 21 Jan, 2019
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