How to get current timestamp in string format in Java? "yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss"

Question

How to get timestamp in string format in Java? "yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss"

String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss").format(new Timestamp());

This is what I have, but Timestamp() requires an parameters...

Answer 1

Replace

new Timestamp();

with

new java.util.Date()

because there is no default constructor for Timestamp, or you can do it with the method:

new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());

Answer 2

Use java.util.Date class instead of Timestamp.

String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd.HH.mm.ss").format(new java.util.Date());

This will get you the current date in the format specified.