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New Java implementation by user [encapsulator]

Version 10

2016-02-16, 19:50:51

Version 11

2016-02-17, 07:27:09

Idiom #98 Epoch seconds to date object

Convert a timestamp ts (number of seconds in epoch-time) to a date with time d. E.g. 0 -> 1970-01-01 00:00:00

Idiom #98 Epoch seconds to date object

Convert a timestamp ts (number of seconds in epoch-time) to a date with time d. E.g. 0 -> 1970-01-01 00:00:00

Imports
import java.util.Date;
Code
Date date = new Date(numberOfSecondsSinceEpoch  * 1000);
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numberOfSecondsSinceEpoch is our input. Since the date constructor expects a parameter that represents number of milliseconds since epoch, we need to multiply numberOfSecondsSinceEpoch with 1000 to convert it to milliseconds.