DateTime does not show option for UtcNow

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I am using the import : org.joda.time.DateTime

but while using dateTime, it does not contain DateTime.UtcNow?

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 22 '16 at 07:33

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You can use the following:

DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC);

From the javadoc:

Obtains a DateTime set to the current system millisecond time using ISOChronology in the specified time zone.

answered Feb 22 '16 at 07:33

Boris van Katwijk

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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DateTime.UtcNow is c# (.Net) :)

For java, you can look at this answer :

How can I get the current date and time in UTC or GMT in Java?

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SimpleDateFormat dateFormatGmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm:ss");
dateFormatGmt.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));

//Local time zone   
SimpleDateFormat dateFormatLocal = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd HH:mm:ss");

//Time in GMT
return dateFormatLocal.parse( dateFormatGmt.format(new Date()) );

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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answered Feb 22 '16 at 07:31

Jurion

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Thanks....also can you tell me if "ticks" too is c#. – Chirag Nangru Feb 22 '16 at 07:35
sure :) this answer : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3706306/c-sharp-datetime-ticks-equivalent-in-java – Jurion Feb 22 '16 at 07:36
@ChiragNangru:- Yes [ticks is C#](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.datetime.ticks(v=vs.110).aspx). – Rahul Tripathi Feb 22 '16 at 07:36

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '16 at 07:34

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You can try like this:

DateTime utc = new DateTime(DateTimeZone.UTC);
//If you want to get the time for a specific timezone then add it 
DateTimeZone tz = DateTimeZone.forID("America/Los_Angeles");
DateTime dt = utc.toDateTime(tz);

answered Feb 22 '16 at 07:34

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DateTime does not show option for UtcNow

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