Android Date Offset convertToUnixTimeOneDayLater(Date date)

Description

Converts into a "unix time", which means convert into the number of seconds (NOT milliseconds) from the Epoch fit for the Facebook Query Language.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	The date to convert.

Return

Unix time representation of the given date .

Declaration

static long convertToUnixTimeOneDayLater(Date date)

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private static final long SECONDS_IN_DAY = 60 * 60 * 24;

    /**
     * Converts into a "unix time", which means convert into the number of seconds (NOT milliseconds) from the Epoch fit
     * for the Facebook Query Language. Notice that if you want data for September 15th then you need to present to
     * Facebook the NEXT DAY, ie. the upper exclusive limit of your date range. So beyond all the sliding to midnight code
     * you see in {@link #convertToMidnightInPacificTimeZone(Date)}, we need to go further and slide this input date
     * forward one day.
     * 
     * In retrospect, this should have been implemented via the Facebook end_time_date() function.
     * 
     * @param date
     *          The date to convert.
     * @return Unix time representation of the given {@code date}.
     */
    static long convertToUnixTimeOneDayLater(Date date) {
        long time = date.getTime() / 1000L;
        // note we cannot use a Daylight sensitive Calendar here since that would
        // adjust the time incorrectly over the DST junction
        time += SECONDS_IN_DAY;
        return time;
    }
}