In LocalDate class, there are three types of now() method depending upon the parameters passed to it.
now()
now() method of a LocalDate class used to obtain the current date from the system clock in the default time-zone.This method will return LocalDate based on system clock with default time-zone to obtain the current date.
Syntax:
public static LocalDate now()
Parameters: This method accepts no parameter.
Return value: This method returns the current date using the system clock and default time-zone.
Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// LocalDate.now() method  import java.time.*;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {          // create an LocalDate object        LocalDate lt            = LocalDate.now();          // print result        System.out.println("LocalDate : "                           + lt);    }} |
LocalDate : 2019-01-21
now(Clock clock)
now(Clock clock) method of a LocalDate class used to return the current date based on the specified clock passed as parameter.
Syntax:
public static LocalDate now(Clock clock)
Parameters: This method accepts clock as parameter which is the clock to use.
Return value: This method returns the current date.
Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// LocalDate.now() method  import java.time.*;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {          // create a clock        Clock cl = Clock.systemUTC();          // create an LocalDate object using now(Clock)        LocalDate lt            = LocalDate.now(cl);          // print result        System.out.println("LocalDate : "                           + lt);    }} |
LocalDate : 2019-01-21
now(ZoneId zone)
now(ZoneId zone) method of a LocalDate class used to return the current date 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 LocalDate now(ZoneId zone)
Parameters: This method accepts zone as parameter which is the zone to use.
Return value: This method returns the current date-time.
Below programs illustrate the now() method:
Program 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// LocalDate.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 LocalDate object using now(zoneId)        LocalDate lt            = LocalDate.now(zid);          // print result        System.out.println("LocalDate : "                           + lt);    }} |
LocalDate : 2019-01-21
References:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html#now()
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html#now(java.time.Clock)
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/LocalDate.html#now(java.time.ZoneId)
