Get current time without date in Kotlin

This article explores different ways to get current time without date in Kotlin.

1. Using `java.util.LocalTime` class

The java.time package contains the LocalTime class that represents a time without a time-zone. We can use it as follows:

import java.time.LocalTime

fun main() {

val time = LocalTime.now()

println(time)

}

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Output (will vary):

10:30:21.039935600

To get the time-zone specific time, pass that zone’s ID to the LocalTime.now() function.

import java.time.LocalTime

import java.time.ZoneId

fun main() {

val time = LocalTime.now(ZoneId.of("America/Sao_Paulo"))

println(time)

}

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Output (will vary):

05:30:21.039935600

2. Using `java.util.Date` class

An alternative idea is to create a new java.util.Date instance using its no-arg constructor, which initializes it with the current date & time. To only filter time in the specific format, use the SimpleDateFormat class.

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat

import java.util.Date

fun main() {

val formatter = SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss a")

val time = formatter.format(Date())

println(time)

}

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Output (will vary):

06:25:59 pm

That’s all about getting current time without date in Kotlin.

Get current time without date in Kotlin

1. Using java.util.LocalTime class

2. Using java.util.Date class

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