One simply way to convert a Long time stamp into a formatted string is (time paramter is Long timestamp):
Date date = new Date(time); Format format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MM dd HH:mm:ss"); return format.format(date); |
These packages must be included.
import java.sql.Date; import java.text.Format; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; |
Date and Time Patterns
Date and time formats are specified by date and time pattern strings. Within date and time pattern strings, unquoted letters from 'A'
to 'Z'
and from 'a'
to 'z'
are interpreted as pattern letters representing the components of a date or time string. Text can be quoted using single quotes ('
) to avoid interpretation. "''"
represents a single quote.
All other characters are not interpreted; they’re simply copied into the output string during formatting or matched against the input string during parsing.
The following pattern letters are defined (all other characters from 'A'
to 'Z'
and from 'a'
to 'z'
are reserved):
Letter | Date or Time Component | Presentation | Examples |
---|---|---|---|
G
|
Era designator | Text | AD
|
y
|
Year | Year | 1996 ; 96
|
M
|
Month in year | Month | July ; Jul ; 07
|
w
|
Week in year | Number | 27
|
W
|
Week in month | Number | 2
|
D
|
Day in year | Number | 189
|
d
|
Day in month | Number | 10
|
F
|
Day of week in month | Number | 2
|
E
|
Day in week | Text | Tuesday ; Tue
|
a
|
Am/pm marker | Text | PM
|
H
|
Hour in day (0-23) | Number | 0
|
k
|
Hour in day (1-24) | Number | 24
|
K
|
Hour in am/pm (0-11) | Number | 0
|
h
|
Hour in am/pm (1-12) | Number | 12
|
m
|
Minute in hour | Number | 30
|
s
|
Second in minute | Number | 55
|
S
|
Millisecond | Number | 978
|
z
|
Time zone | General time zone | Pacific Standard Time ; PST ; GMT-08:00
|
Z
|
Time zone | RFC 822 time zone | -0800
|