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Current date in apex

Apex provides a built in function to get the current date of the logged in user. The system.today() returns the current date in the users timezone.

System.today method in apex can be used to:

  • Find the date according to the users time zone
  • Date without time component
  • Comparing two dates

How to use system.today()

Following is a sample code to find the current date in apex.

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In the above example:

  • The keyword Date is used to declare a Date variable.
  • The variable name today is used to store the date value.