Java Date setTime() Method

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Description

The Java Date setTime(long time) method sets this Date to show time milliseconds after January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT.

Declaration

Following is the declaration for java.util.Date.setTime() method

 public void setTime(long time) 

Parameters

time − the number of milliseconds

Return Value

The method does not return any value.

Exception

NA

Setting Date Based on Time Elapsed Since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT Example

The following example shows the usage of Java Date setTime() method. We're creating a date instance and using setTime() we've updated the date by setting 10000 ms after 1970. The updated date is printed.

 package com.tutorialspoint; import java.util.Date; public class DateDemo { public static void main(String[] args) { // create a date Date date = new Date(92, 1, 10); // set the time for 10000 milliseconds after // january 1, 1970 00:00:00 gmt. date.setTime(10000); // print the result System.out.println("Time after setting: " + date.toString()); } } 

Output

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result −

 Time after setting: Thu Jan 01 05:30:10 IST 1970