CODEWITHSUNDEEP
java
arsenal
arsenal

Reputation: 24194

Get the number of milliseconds since some date

How to get the number of milliseconds from October 15th 2011 1:52:34 P.M.

I can get the number of milliseconds from the current time.

Date date = new Date();
        long currentTime = date.getTime();
        System.out.println("Current time in long: " + currentTime);

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2225

Answers (5)

kgautron
kgautron

Reputation: 8293

long now = System.currentTimeMillis(); // Simpler way to get current time
Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("dd yyyy h:mm:ss a").parse("15 2011 1:52:34 PM");
long timeElapsed = now - date.getTime(); // Here's your number of ms

Upvotes: 7

Fredrik LS
Fredrik LS

Reputation: 1480

Use java.util.Calendar and fill it with your date information. Then use java.util.Calendar.getTimeInMillis() to get the number of milliseconds since epoch.

Upvotes: 0

stacker
stacker

Reputation: 69002

You could use SimpleDateFormat to parse an arbitrariy date and get the difference in ms.

Upvotes: 0

Rob Haupt
Rob Haupt

Reputation: 2154

Link

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;




public class TimeMilisecond {
  public static void main(String[] argv) {

      long lDateTime = new Date().getTime();
      System.out.println("Date() - Time in milliseconds: " + lDateTime);

      Calendar lCDateTime = Calendar.getInstance();
      System.out.println("Calender - Time in milliseconds :" + lCDateTime.getTimeInMillis());

  }

}

Upvotes: 0

Mechkov
Mechkov

Reputation: 4324

Use the Calendar API. Then set the month, date and the time you want (October 15, 2011). To get you started look into this:

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

Hope this helps!

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions