Question

When trying to convert a Unix timstamp, from a database, to a String in a date format.

int _startTS = evtResult.getInt("start"); //outputs 1345867200
Long _sLong = new Long(_startTS); //outputs 1345867200
//I've also tried: Long _sLong = new Long(_startTS*1000); //outputs 1542436352
DateTime _startDate = new DateTime(_sLong); //outputs 1970-01-16T08:51:07.200-05:00

The timestamp is for: Sat, 25 Aug 2012. I have no idea why 1970 is always the output so hopefully someone can see a stupid mistake I’m making.

Answer 1

Unix time is in seconds, Java time is milliseconds

You’ll need to multiple it by 1000

DateTime _startDate = new DateTime(_sLong * 1000L);

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