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Java Calendar getTime() Method with Example

Calendar Class getTime() method: Here, we are going to learn about the getTime() method of Calendar Class with its syntax and example.
Submitted by Preeti Jain, on February 01, 2020

Calendar Class getTime() method

• getTime() method is available in java.util package.
• getTime() method is used to get the time value of this Calendar by using Date instance.
• getTime() method is a non-static method, it is accessible with the class object and if we try to access the method with the class name then we will get an error.
• getTime() method does not throw an exception at the time of returning this Calendar time value.

Syntax:

    public final Date getTime();

Parameter(s):

• It does not accept any parameter.

Return value:

The return type of the method is Date, it returns Date object that denotes time of this Calendar.

Example:

// Java Program to demonstrate the example of
// Date getTime() method of Calendar

import java.util.*;

public class GetTime {
    public static void main(String args[]) {
        // Instantiating a Calendar object
        Calendar ca = Calendar.getInstance();

        // By using getTime() method is to display
        // date with time
        System.out.println("ca.getTime(): " + ca.getTime());
    }
}

Output

ca.getTime(): Mon Jan 27 07:57:22 GMT 2020