get current date and time in groovy?

Question

What is the code to get the current date and time in groovy? I've looked around and can't find an easy way to do this. Essentially I'm looking for linux equivalent of date

I have :

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat  def call(){     def date = new Date()     sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy")     return sdf.format(date) } 

but I need to print time as well.

Answer 1

Date has the time as well, just add HH:mm:ss to the date format:

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat def date = new Date() def sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss") println sdf.format(date) 

In case you are using JRE 8+ you can use LocalDateTime:

import java.time.LocalDateTime def dt = LocalDateTime.now() println dt 

Answer 2

Date has the time part, so we only need to extract it from Date

I personally prefer the default format parameter of the Date when date and time needs to be separated instead of using the extra SimpleDateFormat

Date date = new Date() String datePart = date.format("dd/MM/yyyy") String timePart = date.format("HH:mm:ss")  println "datePart : " + datePart + "\ttimePart : " + timePart