How to get time on Android phone programmatically?

Question

I am using this Java method here to get the current time:

final Date d = new Date();
d.getTime();

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What I am getting a numeric figure of datatype long. What I need is the exact time in the format hh:mm:ss. And in the end I also have to perform arithmetic on the figure obtained.

Any clue? Also is this a reliable way of obtaining time on Android phone because I am getting a constant value here?

Use the constants in the Calendar class: `Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();` — Max, Jan 21 '14 at 13:05

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 21 '14 at 13:07

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Date d = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss");
String formattedDate = sdf.format(d);
System.out.println(formattedDate);

answered Jan 21 '14 at 13:07

talhaocakci

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 21 '14 at 13:04

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use:

SimpleDateFormat sdf=new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss");
String time=sdf.format(new Date());

answered Jan 21 '14 at 13:04

vipul mittal

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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Use Calendar class.

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); 
int seconds = c.get(Calendar.SECOND);

See this question. Calendar class contain all desired information.

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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answered Jan 21 '14 at 13:05

Faizan Mubasher

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 21 '14 at 13:09

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Calendar instance = Calendar.getInstance();
    int hour = instance.get(Calendar.HOUR);
    int minute = instance.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
    int second = instance.get(Calendar.SECOND);

answered Jan 21 '14 at 13:09

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I am getting a constant value on my emulator each time I click the button to execute this code. Why? – Muhammad Maqsoodur Rehman Jan 21 '14 at 14:08

How to get time on Android phone programmatically?

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