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I am wokring with instagram api. My requirement is how to convert or parse date from media object respose like "created_time": "1279340983"? any idea?

SrinivasDJ
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  • I am using java, I tried with examples but I have to convert to long type first and then pass that string to format method like SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY-MM-dd"); String date = sdf.format(created_time); but throwing an exception – SrinivasDJ Feb 11 '16 at 03:50

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Once you have the response from the Instagram API, do this:

var t = response.created_time;
var date = new Date(t);
console.log(date);

If the time stamp is 1279340983, then:

var date = new Date(1279340983);

will convert the stamp to a date/time in your computer's local time zone.

sideroxylon
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  • Yes, it's javascript (sorry - I missed your tag). Maybe [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11839246/how-to-convert-timestamp-to-date-in-java) helps with java. – sideroxylon Feb 11 '16 at 05:29
  • Thanks for the update I have got the answer from [link](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/35330889/convert-date-string-to-readable-date-format) – SrinivasDJ Feb 11 '16 at 05:39
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The Instagram API responds with a "created_time" JSON object that is formatted as a Unix timestamp, AKA milliseconds since 00:00:00 1 Jan 1970.

Here is a great resource on how to convert Unix timestamps in various languages to human readable dates: https://www.epochconverter.com/programming/#javascript

Here is the Javascript:

 var myDate = new Date( response.created_time *1000);
 document.write(myDate.toGMTString()+"<br>"+myDate.toLocaleString());

and this code creates:

Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:01 GMT 12/31/1969, 4:00:01 PM

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