java.time.Clock.system() Method Example

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Description

The java.time.Clock.system() method obtains a clock that returns the current instant using best available system clock.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.time.Clock.system() method.

 public static Clock system(ZoneId zone) 

Parameters

zone − the time-zone to use to convert the instant to date-time, not null.

Return Value

a clock that uses the best available system clock in the specified zone, not null.

Example

The following example shows the usage of java.time.Clock.system() method.

 package com.tutorialspoint; import java.time.Clock; import java.time.ZoneId; public class ClockDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { Clock clock = Clock.system(ZoneId.systemDefault()); System.out.println("Clock : " + clock.toString()); } } 

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

 Clock : SystemClock[Asia/Calcutta]