# Formatting the Current Date

It is easy to use the getDate routine, along with a tJava component, to retrieve and format the current date according to a specified format, for example:

```
System.out.println(TalendDate.getDate("CCYY-MM-DD"));
```

The current date is returned in the specified format (optional):

![The result is 2010-03-02 in the Run view.](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/studio-user-guide/Resources/images/routines14_g.png)