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ThaiBuddhistChronology dateNow(Clock) method in Java with Example

The dateNow() method of java.time.chrono.ThaiBuddhistChronology class is used get the current ThaiBuddhist date according to ThaiBuddhist calendar system from the specified clock object.

Syntax:

public ThaiBuddhistDate dateNow(Clock clock)

Parameter: This method takes the object of clock as a parameter which is used get the current ThaiBuddhist date according to ThaiBuddhist calendar system from the specified clock object.

Return Value: This method returns the ThaiBuddhist date according to ThaiBuddhist calendar system from the specified clock object.

Below are the examples to illustrate the dateNow() method:

Example 1:




// Java program to demonstrate
// dateNow() method
  
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.time.*;
import java.time.chrono.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        try {
            // creating and initializing
            // ThaiBuddhistDate Object
            ThaiBuddhistDate hidate
                = ThaiBuddhistDate.now();
  
            // getting ThaiBuddhistChronology
            // used in ThaiBuddhistDate
            ThaiBuddhistChronology crono
                = hidate.getChronology();
  
            // creating and initializing
            // clock object
            Clock clock = Clock.systemUTC();
  
            // getting ThaiBuddhistDate for the
            // given clock object
            // by using dateNow() method
            ThaiBuddhistDate date
                = crono.dateNow(clock);
  
            // display the result
            System.out.println(
                "ThaiBuddhistDate is: "
                + date);
        }
        catch (DateTimeException e) {
            System.out.println(
                "passed parameter can "
                + "not form a date");
            System.out.println(
                "Exception thrown: " + e);
        }
    }
}


Output:

JapaneseDate is: Japanese Heisei 32-03-11

Example 2:




// Java program to demonstrate
// dateNow() method
  
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import java.time.*;
import java.time.chrono.*;
  
public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] argv)
    {
        try {
            // creating and initializing
            // ThaiBuddhistDate Object
            ThaiBuddhistDate hidate
                = ThaiBuddhistDate.now();
  
            // getting ThaiBuddhistChronology
            // used in ThaiBuddhistDate
            ThaiBuddhistChronology crono
                = hidate.getChronology();
  
            // creating and initializing
            // clock object
            Clock clock = Clock.systemUTC();
  
            // setting clock
            clock = Clock.tick(
                clock,
                Duration.ofDays(100));
  
            // getting ThaiBuddhistDate for the
            // given clock object
            // by using dateNow() method
            ThaiBuddhistDate date
                = crono.dateNow(clock);
  
            // display the result
            System.out.println(
                "ThaiBuddhistDate is: "
                + date);
        }
        catch (DateTimeException e) {
            System.out.println(
                "passed parameter can "
                + "not form a date");
            System.out.println(
                "Exception thrown: " + e);
        }
    }
}


Output:

ThaiBuddhistDate is: ThaiBuddhist BE 2563-02-08

Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/time/chrono/ThaiBuddhistChronology.html#dateNow-java.time.Clock-

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