Epoch & Unix Timestamp in Java
Get the current epoch timestamp
long epochSeconds = java.time.Instant.now().getEpochSecond(); Convert epoch to date
java.time.Instant instant = java.time.Instant.ofEpochSecond(1718200000L);
java.time.ZonedDateTime utc = instant.atZone(java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC); Convert date to epoch
long epoch = java.time.LocalDateTime.of(2026, 6, 12, 0, 0)
.toEpochSecond(java.time.ZoneOffset.UTC); Java notes
System.currentTimeMillis() returns milliseconds; Instant.getEpochSecond() returns seconds. Prefer java.time (Java 8+) over the legacy java.util.Date API.
Check any value live with the epoch converter, or read what Unix time actually counts.
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