Android DateTime to 11 digit Unix Timestamp

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I need to get current date & time and convert it to 11 digit unix timestamp.

Just like this site does: http://www.onlineconversion.com/unix_time.htm

I googled a lot but all i could find was timestamp to date conversion problems & answers.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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

does what you want. Original answer here.

System.currentTimeMillis() returns the time from the Unix epoch in milliseconds. As 1 second = 1000 milliseconds, you simply divide it by 1000 to get the time in seconds.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

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answered Sep 30 '12 at 18:18

Raghav Sood

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that gives me -3 hours shifted time – Max Abrahamsson Oct 01 '12 at 14:33
This is measured from UTC, so you will need to account for the difference between your location and UTC time – Raghav Sood Oct 01 '12 at 15:12
thanks , i will consider that :) im using this timestamp to sync time on my diy smart watch here : http://youtu.be/9vAify_zYy8 – Max Abrahamsson Oct 01 '12 at 15:21

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 30 '12 at 18:17

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You can use System.currentTimeMillis() to get the Unix timestamp in milliseconds which you can convert to seconds

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

answered Sep 30 '12 at 18:17

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 30 '12 at 18:50

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If you want to manipulate the date, you can use :

Date myDate = new Date();
myDate.setSeconds(23);
long uTime = myDate.getTime() / 1000L;

answered Sep 30 '12 at 18:50

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Android DateTime to 11 digit Unix Timestamp

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