Java Data Type How to - Create Timestamp from java.time.Clock

Question

We would like to know how to create Timestamp from java.time.Clock.
Answer

/* Copyright (c) 2011 Danish Maritime Authority.
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//package net.maritimecloud.util;

import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
import java.time.Clock;
import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;


/**
 * The class <code>Date</code> represents a specific instant in time, with millisecond precision.
 *
 * @author Kasper Nielsen
 */
public class Timestamp {

    /** The default clock used for creating timestamps. */
    static final Clock CLOCK = Clock.systemUTC();

    final long value;

    Timestamp(long value) {
        this.value = checkValue(value);
    }

    public Instant asInstant() {
        return Instant.ofEpochMilli(value);
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public boolean equals(Object other) {
        return other instanceof Timestamp && ((Timestamp) other).value == value;
    }

    public long getTime() {
        return value;
    }

    /** {@inheritDoc} */
    @Override
    public int hashCode() {
        return Long.hashCode(value);
    }

    public Timestamp plus(long value, TimeUnit unit) {
        checkValue(value);
        return new Timestamp(value <= Long.MAX_VALUE - this.value ? value + this.value : Long.MAX_VALUE);
    }


    static long checkValue(long value) {
        if (value < 0) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Value must be non-negative, was " + value);
        }
        return value;
    }

    public Binary toBinary() {
        byte[] bytes = ByteBuffer.allocate(8).putLong(getTime()).array();
        return Binary.copyFrom(bytes);
    }

    public static Timestamp create(long value) {
        return new Timestamp(value);
    }

    /**
     * Returns a new timestamp with the current time.
     *
     * @return a new timestamp with the current time
     */
    public static Timestamp now() {
        return new Timestamp(CLOCK.millis());
    }
}