Java Convert Date to Timestamp

In this Java core tutorial we learn how to convert a java.util.Date object to a java.sql.Timestamp object in Java programming language.

How to convert Date to Timestamp in Java

In Java program, with a given Date object we can follow these steps to convert it to Timestamp object.

• Using the Date.getTime() method to return epoch milliseconds value which is the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
• Using the Timestamp(long time) constructor to instantiate a new Timestamp object from epoch milliseconds value.

In the following example Java code we show how to convert Date object to Timestamp object using the steps above.

ConvertDateToTimestampExample1.java

import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.util.Date;

public class ConvertDateToTimestampExample1 {
    public static void main(String... args) {
        // Create new Date object as current date time
        Date date = new Date();

        // Create new Timestamp from Date object
        Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(date.getTime());

        System.out.println("Date: " + date);
        System.out.println("Timestamp: " + timestamp);
    }
}

Date: Wed May 18 22:40:38 ICT 2022
Timestamp: 2022-05-18 22:40:38.194

Happy Coding 😊

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