[Solved] How to convert Object as timestamp to formatted date [closed]

Question

Assuming you have a string that represents epoch time in seconds (as you have not told us what your Object actually is), first convert it to a long:

long epoch = Long.parseLong("1395500668");

You’ll then need to convert it to milliseconds:

epoch *= 1000;

Then you can convert it to a java.util.Date using the Date constructor that takes millisecond epoch time:

Date date = new Date(epoch);

And finally you can format that Date as a string using standard formatting techniques.

Accepted Answer

Assuming you have a string that represents epoch time in seconds (as you have not told us what your Object actually is), first convert it to a long:

long epoch = Long.parseLong("1395500668");

You’ll then need to convert it to milliseconds:

epoch *= 1000;

Then you can convert it to a java.util.Date using the Date constructor that takes millisecond epoch time:

Date date = new Date(epoch);

And finally you can format that Date as a string using standard formatting techniques.