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Formatting local time in java

I'm creating my JavaFX application and I need to use time label every time new list cell is created. I need to put the string with current time in HH:MM format directly into Label constructor which takes String as a parameter.

I found and used java.util.Date's:

Label timeLabel = new Label(new SimpleDateFormat("HH:MM").format(new Date()));

but it shows the wrong time zone, so I'm going to use java.time and LocalTime class.

Is there any way to achieve same string result in one line? Thank You for your help :)

Solution

  • It's probably better to use Java 8 types (java.time) in a new application. You can first create a DateTimeFormatter:

    DateTimeFormatter dtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm");

    And then get the current time and format it:

    Label timeLabel = new Label(LocalTime.now().format(dtf));