how to get today's date in java(yyyy-mm-dd)

Question

how could I get today's date (current system date) on format yyyy-mm-dd (just date and not dateTime) to compare with some other dates of the same format.

Answer 1

You can use a SimpleDateFormat to format a new Date():

SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
String formatted = df.format(new Date());

Answer 2

Try this:-

  public static void main(String[] args) {
            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            SimpleDateFormat format1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            String formatted = format1.format(cal.getTime());
            System.out.println(formatted);
        }

Answer 3

Try creating a variable in this format.

LocalDateTime date = LocalDateTime.now();
System.out.println( date );