Java Date return 1970?

Asked Jan 22 '19 at 23:17

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long ts = 1548184720l;

System.out.println(ts + "," + (new Date(ts)).toString());

This prints precisely:

1548184720,Sun Jan 18 14:03:04 PST 1970

However, when I use an Epoch converter, it shows the right date and time

Tuesday, January 22, 2019 11:18:40 AM GMT-08:00

Any idea whats going wrong here?

asked Jan 22 '19 at 23:17

hyvbug

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Milliseconds vs seconds – RaminS Jan 22 '19 at 23:20
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FYI, `+ (new Date(ts)).toString()` is equivalent to `+ new Date(ts)`. – shmosel Jan 22 '19 at 23:22
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Try `1548184720000l` instead. https://www.epochconverter.com/clock – Robert Harvey Jan 22 '19 at 23:22
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Better to use `L` instead of `l` as the latter can be easily mistaken for a 1. – shmosel Jan 22 '19 at 23:23
`1548184720000,Tue Jan 22 20:18:40 CET 2019` ...you just assumed the wrong "scale" (1), it is 1000. – xerx593 Jan 22 '19 at 23:27
The terrible `Date` class was replaced years ago by `java.time.Instant`. Call: `Instant.ofEpochSecond( 1_548_184_720L )` – Basil Bourque Jan 23 '19 at 08:39

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