Create Date object
Date()- Creates a Date object and initializes it with the time at which it was allocated.
Date(long date)- Creates a Date object and initializes it to represent the specified number of milliseconds since the standard base time known as "the epoch", namely January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
import java.util.Date;
public class Main{
public static void main(String args[]) {
Date date = new Date();
System.out.println(date);
long msec = date.getTime();
System.out.println("Milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970 GMT=" + msec);
}
}
The output:
Sat Oct 30 09:10:12 PDT 2010
Milliseconds since Jan. 1, 1970 GMT=1288455012000
Create java Date from specific time
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
Date d = new Date(365L * 24L * 60L * 60L * 1000L+99999999L);
System.out.println(d);
}
}
The output:
Fri Jan 01 19:46:39 PST 1971