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Carven
Carven

Reputation: 15638

Getting unix timestamp from Date()

I can convert a unix timestamp to a Date() object by putting the long value into the Date() constructor. For eg: I could have it as new Date(1318762128031).

But after that, how can I get back the unix timestamp from the Date() object?

Upvotes: 100

Views: 193996

Answers (6)

jackrabbit
jackrabbit

Reputation: 5653

getTime() retrieves the milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970 GMT passed to the constructor. It should not be too hard to get the Unix time (same, but in seconds) from that.

Upvotes: 105

Pedro Lobito
Pedro Lobito

Reputation: 98881

To get a timestamp from Date(), you'll need to divide getTime() by 1000, i.e. :

Date currentDate = new Date();
currentDate.getTime() / 1000;
// 1397132691

or simply:

long unixTime = System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000L;

Upvotes: 56

bhasker
bhasker

Reputation: 655

import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.TimeZone;

public class Timeconversion {
    private DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmm", Locale.ENGLISH); //Specify your locale

    public long timeConversion(String time) {
        long unixTime = 0;
        dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT+5:30")); //Specify your timezone
        try {
            unixTime = dateFormat.parse(time).getTime();
            unixTime = unixTime / 1000;
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return unixTime;
    }
}

Upvotes: 26

waterscar
waterscar

Reputation: 876

In java 8, it's convenient to use the new date lib and getEpochSecond method to get the timestamp (it's in second)

Instant.now().getEpochSecond();

Upvotes: 8

elverde
elverde

Reputation: 193

I dont know if you want to achieve that in js or java, in js the simplest way to get the unix timestampt (this is time in seconds from 1/1/1970) it's as follows:

var myDate = new Date();
console.log(+myDate); // +myDateObject give you the unix from that date

Upvotes: 0

AlexR
AlexR

Reputation: 115328

Use SimpleDateFormat class. Take a look on its javadoc: it explains how to use format switches.

Upvotes: -2

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