Get Date and Time fields value of Joda-Time DateTime object in Java

Tags: Joda Time Joda DateTime Joda DateTimeFieldType

In this Joda-Time tutorial, we learn how to get specified date and time fields of a DateTime object such as year, month day, hour, minute, second, millisecond in Java.

Add Joda Time library to your Java project

To use Joda Time Java library in the Gradle build project, add the following dependency into the build.gradle file.

compile group: 'joda-time', name: 'joda-time', version: '2.10.9'

To use Joda Time Java library in the Maven build project, add the following dependency into the pom.xml file.

<dependency>
    <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
    <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
    <version>2.10.9</version>
</dependency>

To download the Joda Time .jar file you can visit Joda Time releases page at github.com/JodaOrg/joda-time

Using getter methods

GetDateTimeExample1.java 

import org.joda.time.DateTime;

public class GetDateTimeExample1 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DateTime dateTime = DateTime.now();

        int year = dateTime.getYear();
        int months = dateTime.getMonthOfYear();
        int days = dateTime.getDayOfMonth();

        int hours = dateTime.getHourOfDay();
        int minutes = dateTime.getMinuteOfHour();
        int seconds = dateTime.getSecondOfMinute();
        int milliseconds = dateTime.getMillisOfSecond();

        System.out.println("Year: " + year);
        System.out.println("Months: " + months);
        System.out.println("Days: " + days);
        System.out.println("Hours: " + hours);
        System.out.println("Minutes: " + minutes);
        System.out.println("Seconds: " + seconds);
        System.out.println("Milliseconds: " + milliseconds);
    }
}
The output is: 
Year: 2021
Months: 1
Days: 21
Hours: 1
Minutes: 1
Seconds: 13
Milliseconds: 258

Using get method with DateTimeFieldType

GetDateTimeExample2.java 

import org.joda.time.DateTime;
import org.joda.time.DateTimeFieldType;

public class GetDateTimeExample2 {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        DateTime dateTime = DateTime.now();

        int year = dateTime.get(DateTimeFieldType.year());
        int months = dateTime.get(DateTimeFieldType.monthOfYear());
        int days = dateTime.get(DateTimeFieldType.dayOfMonth());

        int hours = dateTime.get(DateTimeFieldType.hourOfDay());
        int minutes = dateTime.get(DateTimeFieldType.minuteOfHour());
        int seconds = dateTime.get(DateTimeFieldType.secondOfMinute());
        int milliseconds = dateTime.get(DateTimeFieldType.millisOfSecond());

        System.out.println("Year: " + year);
        System.out.println("Months: " + months);
        System.out.println("Days: " + days);
        System.out.println("Hours: " + hours);
        System.out.println("Minutes: " + minutes);
        System.out.println("Seconds: " + seconds);
        System.out.println("Milliseconds: " + milliseconds);
    }
}
The output is: 
Year: 2021
Months: 1
Days: 21
Hours: 1
Minutes: 1
Seconds: 26
Milliseconds: 906

Happy Coding 😊

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