print current date in java

Question

I want to print current date and time in java..This is the code I am trying from a java tutorial:

import java.util.*;
  
public class Date {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       // Instantiate a Date object
       Date date = new Date();
        
       // display time and date using toString()
       System.out.println(date.toString());
   }
}

It compiles fine. But the output given is:

Date@15db9742

While i am expecting a output like this:

Mon May 04 09:51:52 CDT 2009

What is wrong with the code?

EDIT: I tried to rename the class.. The editted code:

import java.util.*;
  
public class DateDemo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
       // Instantiate a Date object
       Date d = new Date();
        
       // display time and date using toString()
       System.out.println(d.toString());
   }
}

This is how I compiled the code and ran:

sou@sou-linux:~/Desktop/java$ javac DateDemo.java

sou@sou-linux:~/Desktop/java$ java DateDemo

The output is:

Date@15db9742

Answer 1

Your class is a custom class that is producing the output given by Object.toString. Rename the class to something else other than Date so that java.util.Date is correctly imported

Answer 2

You are getting the default toString() from Object because you created your own class named Date which is hiding the imported Date from java.util.. You can rename your class or you can use the canonical name java.util.Date like

public static void main(String args[]) {
    java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
    System.out.println(date);
}

Output here is

Mon Nov 03 10:57:45 EST 2014