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How to get current date/time in milli seconds in Java?
The getTime() method of the Date class retrieves and returns the epoch time (number of milliseconds from Jan 1st 1970 00:00:00 GMT0.
Example
import java.util.Date;
public class Sample {
public static void main(String args[]){
//Instantiating the Date class
Date date = new Date();
long msec = date.getTime();
System.out.println("Milli Seconds: "+msec);
}
}Output
Milli Seconds: 1605160094688
The getTimeInMillis() method of the calendar class retrieves and returns the time in milli seconds from the epochepoch time (Jan 1st 1970 00:00:00 GMT).
Example
import java.util.Calendar;
public class Sample {
public static void main(String args[]){
//Creating the Calendar object
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
long msec = cal.getTimeInMillis();
System.out.println("Milli Seconds: "+msec);
}
}Output
Milli Seconds: 1605160934357
The toEpochMilli() method of the Instant class returns the milliseconds from the epoch.
Example
import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
public class Sample {
public static void main(String args[]){
//Creating the ZonedDateTime object
ZonedDateTime obj = ZonedDateTime.now();
Instant instant = obj.toInstant();
long msec = instant.toEpochMilli();
System.out.println("Milli Seconds: "+msec);
}
}Output
Milli Seconds: 1605162474464
Updated on: 06-Feb-2021
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