CURRENT TIME IN HH:MM:SS WITH JAVA 8+ AND DATETIMEFORMATTERBUILDER

getCurrentFormattedTime.java

import java.time.LocalTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatterBuilder;
import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.HOUR_OF_DAY;
import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.MINUTE_OF_HOUR;
import static java.time.temporal.ChronoField.SECOND_OF_MINUTE;
        
static String currentFormattedTime() {
    DateTimeFormatter timeFormatter = new DateTimeFormatterBuilder()
            .appendValue(HOUR_OF_DAY, 2)
            .appendLiteral(':')
            .appendValue(MINUTE_OF_HOUR, 2)
            .optionalStart()
            .appendLiteral(':')
            .appendValue(SECOND_OF_MINUTE, 2)
            .toFormatter();
    return LocalTime.now().format(timeFormatter);
}