get current date and time in groovy?

Question

What is the code to get the current date and time in groovy? I've looked around and can't find an easy way to do this. Essentially I'm looking for linux equivalent of date

I have :

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat

def call(){
    def date = new Date()
    sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy")
    return sdf.format(date)
}

but I need to print time as well.

Answer 1

Date has the time part, so we only need to extract it from Date

I personally prefer the default format parameter of the Date when date and time needs to be separated instead of using the extra SimpleDateFormat

Date date = new Date()
String datePart = date.format("dd/MM/yyyy")
String timePart = date.format("HH:mm:ss")

println "datePart : " + datePart + "\ttimePart : " + timePart

Answer 2

A oneliner to print timestamp of your local timezone:

String.format('%tF %<tH:%<tM', java.time.LocalDateTime.now())

Output for example: 2021-12-05 13:20

Answer 3

#!groovy
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
pipeline {
    agent any
    stages {
        stage('Hello') {
            steps {
                script{
                def date = new Date()
                sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy")
                println(sdf.format(date))
                }   
            }
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

Answering your question: new Date().format("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")