Java Timestamp - How can I create a date and time string with the timestamp 1420432787?

Question

How can I create a date and time string with the timestamp 1420432787 which is equal to 1/05/2015 10:09:47.

Bellow code is also not working

 Date date = new Date(1420432787);
 SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy' 'HH:mm:a");
 System.out.println(simpleDateFormat.format(date));

result of this 1/17/1970 10:34 AM

You say 1420451151811 in your question, but use 1420432787 in your code. Which one is it supposed to be? — Michael, Jan 05 '15 at 11:54
@Rathode : Check online millisecond to date from http://www.fileformat.info/tip/java/date2millis.htm ... Where does you are getting the millisecond ? Is this millseconds are correct ? — Roll no1, Jan 05 '15 at 11:55

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 05 '15 at 11:55

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The Date constructor accepts the time as long in milliseconds, not seconds.

You need to multiply it by 1000 and make sure that you supply it as long.

Date date = new Date(timeInSeconds * 1000);

then you can parse it into your date format

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy' 'HH:mm:a");
System.out.println(simpleDateFormat.format(date));

answered Jan 05 '15 at 11:55

Prasad Khode

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I have tried with new Date(timeInSeconds * 1000) but still geting wrong output and my timeInSeconds var in sec. – Rathore Jan 05 '15 at 12:05
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@Rathore timeInSeconds should be a long variable, if you want to use the seconds directly then you can 'write Date date = new Date(1420432787L * 1000)' – Prasad Khode Jan 05 '15 at 12:08

Java Timestamp - How can I create a date and time string with the timestamp 1420432787?

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