YearMonth now() method in Java with Examples

The now() method of the YearMonth class in Java is used to obtain the current year-month from the system clock in the default time-zone.

Syntax:

public static YearMonth now()

Parameters: This method does not accept any parameter.

Return value: This method returns the current year-month using the system clock and default time-zone.

Below programs illustrate the now() method of YearMonth in Java:

Program 1:

// Java program to demonstrate
// YearMonth.now() method

import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // apply now() method
        // of YearMonth class
        YearMonth result = YearMonth.now();

        // print both year and month
        System.out.println("YearMonth: "
                           + result);
    }
}

Output:

YearMonth: 2020-05

Program 2:

// Java program to demonstrate
// YearMonth.now() method

import java.time.*;
import java.time.temporal.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // apply now() method
        // of YearMonth class
        YearMonth result = YearMonth.now();

        // print only year
        System.out.println(
            "Year: "
            + result.get(ChronoField.YEAR));
    }
}

Output:

Year: 2020

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