The now() method of the MonthDay class in Java is used to get the current month-day from the system clock in the default time-zone.
Syntax:
public static MonthDay now()
Parameters: This method does not accept any parameter.
Return value: This method returns the current month-day using the system clock and default time-zone.
Below programs illustrate the now() method of MonthDay in Java:
Program 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// MonthDay.now() method import java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // apply now() method // of MonthDay class MonthDay result = MonthDay.now(); // print both month and day System.out.println("MonthDay: " + result); }} |
Output:
MonthDay: --05-09
Program 2:
// Java program to demonstrate// MonthDay.now() method import java.time.*;import java.time.temporal.*; public class GFG { public static void main(String[] args) { // apply now() method // of MonthDay class MonthDay result = MonthDay.now(); // print only month System.out.println("Month: " + result.getMonth()); }} |
Output:
Month: MAY
References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/MonthDay.html#now()
