Apps System Clock/Time?

[JitinDhillon]

Hi everyone,

I'm new to android development and I'm just trying to find my way around with various tutorials. As my first project I'm trying to create a simple night clock, but I don't know how to access the system clock/time.

How exactly would one go about doing this? I simply want to display the time on the screen, and then add some other stuff to it later.

Thanks,
Jitin

 

[jonbonazza]

This can be accomplished using the Date and Calendar APIs.

 

[Cubeactive]

This will give you a calendar object with the current date/time.

Calendar _Current = Calendar.getInstance();

Then for example you want to know the current hour:
int _CurrentHour = _Current.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);