.clone()

The Date.clone() method returns a copy or duplicate of a specified Date object.

Syntax

currentDate.clone()

The Date.clone() method does not take any parameters.

It returns a copy or duplicate of the currentDate, and the returned value is an Object, not a Date.

Example

The following example shows an implementation of Date.clone():

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
   public static void main(String[] args) {

      Date currentDate = new Date();

      System.out.println("The original date is " + currentDate);
      System.out.println("The clone of the date is " + currentDate.clone());
   }
}

The output will be similar to:

The original date is Wed Jul 26 06:47:06 GMT 2023
The clone of the date is Wed Jul 26 06:47:06 GMT 2023