Java: Convert a unix timestamp to date

Java DateTime, Calendar: Exercise-36 with Solution

Write a Java program to convert a Unix timestamp to a date.

Sample Solution:

Java Code:

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class Exercise36 {
  public static void main(String[] args)
   {
   //Unix seconds
   long unix_seconds = 1372339860;
   //convert seconds to milliseconds
   Date date = new Date(unix_seconds*1000L); 
   // format of the date
   SimpleDateFormat jdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss z");
   jdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT-4"));
   String java_date = jdf.format(date);
   System.out.println("\n"+java_date+"\n");
   }
}

Sample Output:

2013-06-27 09:31:00 GMT-04:00

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