Instant now() Method in Java with Examples

In Instant class, there are two types of now() method depending upon the parameters passed to it.

now()

now() method of a Instant class used to obtain the current instant from the system UTC clock.This method will return instant based on system UTC clock. Syntax:

public static Instant now()

Parameters: This method accepts no parameter. Return value: This method returns the current instant using the system clock Below programs illustrate the now() method: Program 1: Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// Instant.now() method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // create an Instant object
        Instant lt
            = Instant.now();

        // print result
        System.out.println("Instant : "
                           + lt);
    }
}

now(Clock clock)

now(Clock clock) method of a Instant class used to return the current instant based on the specified clock passed as parameter. Syntax:

public static Instant now(Clock clock)

Parameters: This method accepts clock as parameter which is the clock to use. Return value: This method returns the current instant. Below programs illustrate the now() method: Program 1: Java

// Java program to demonstrate
// Instant.now() method

import java.time.*;

public class GFG {
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {

        // create a clock
        Clock cl = Clock.systemUTC();

        // create an Instant object using now(Clock)
        Instant lt
            = Instant.now(cl);

        // print result
        System.out.println("Instant : "
                           + lt);
    }
}

References: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/Instant.html#now() https://docs.oracle.com/javase/10/docs/api/java/time/Instant.html#now(java.time.Clock)