Java Data Type How to - Get How many seconds have occurred since the beginning of the Java epoch

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Question

We would like to know how to get How many seconds have occurred since the beginning of the Java epoch.

Answer

import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
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public class Main {

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Instant is useful for generating a time stamp to represent machine time.
    Instant timestamp = Instant.now();

    // How many seconds have occurred since the beginning of the Java epoch.
    long secondsFromEpoch = Instant.ofEpochSecond(0L).until(Instant.now(), ChronoUnit.SECONDS);
    
    System.out.println(secondsFromEpoch);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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