topic Re: Get current date as string in databricks using scala in Data Engineering

Get current date as string in databricks using scala

Vibhor — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 15:41:11 GMT

I want to get current date in scala as a string for example today current date is 3rd jan, want to store it as a new variable dynamically as below, how to get it.

val currdate : String = “20220103”

when I am using val currdate = Calendar.getInstance.getTime then am not getting output in desired format as above.

Re: Get current date as string in databricks using scala

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 23:20:04 GMT

@Vibhor Sethi - Thanks for your question. We will circle back around if the other members don't reply first. Thanks in advance for your patience.

Re: Get current date as string in databricks using scala

Vibhor — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 05:43:19 GMT

Hi thanks. Could you please circle back around the question.

Re: Get current date as string in databricks using scala

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:36:39 GMT

@Vibhor Sethi - I'll pass this on to the team. Thank you. 🙂

Re: Get current date as string in databricks using scala

Vibhor — Sat, 08 Jan 2022 19:46:04 GMT

Thanks it worked

Re: Get current date as string in databricks using scala

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 15:25:43 GMT

Hey @Vibhor Sethi

Hope you are well!

Thank you for posting your question and letting us know that you were able to resolve the issue. Would you be happy to mark it as the best solution? It would be really helpful for the other members too.

Cheers!