java.time.Instant.now() Method Example

Description

The java.time.Instant.now() method obtains the current instant from the system clock.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Instant.now() method.

public static Instant now()

Return Value

the current instant using the system clock, not null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Instant.now() method.

package com.tutorialspoint;

import java.time.Instant;

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

      Instant instant = Instant.now();
      System.out.println(instant);   
   }
}

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

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