Java 8 LocalDateTime example.

package com.java2novice.datetime;

import java.time.LocalDate;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.Month;

public class DateTimeIntroEx {

	public static void main(String[] args) {

		// get current date and time
		LocalDateTime currTime = LocalDateTime.now();
		System.out.println("current date time: "+currTime);

		// get date alone
		LocalDate d1 = currTime.toLocalDate();
		System.out.println("current date: " + d1);

		// extract date properties
		Month mnt = currTime.getMonth();
		System.out.println("Month: "+mnt.getValue());
		int dayOfMonth = currTime.getDayOfMonth();
		System.out.println("Day of the month: "+dayOfMonth);
		int year = currTime.getYear();
		System.out.println("Year: "+year);

		// extract time properties
		int hour = currTime.getHour();
		System.out.println("current hour: "+hour);
		int minutes = currTime.getMinute();
		System.out.println("current minutes: "+minutes);
		int seconds = currTime.getSecond();
		System.out.println("current seconds: "+seconds);
	}
}

current date time: 2016-12-15T11:50:36.955
current date: 2016-12-15
Month: 12
Day of the month: 15
Year: 2016
current hour: 11
current minutes: 50
current seconds: 36