Java - Format (Time to String)

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This page is a snippet on how to get a time as a string?

Example with the current date

• Java

String timeStamp = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd_HH.mm.ss").format(new Date());

• Variation in kotlin

val timeInString = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy.MM.dd-HH.mm.ss").format(Calendar.getInstance().time);