Java Data Type How to - Convert Date to timestamp

Question

We would like to know how to convert Date to timestamp.

Answer

import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.util.Date;
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public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Date date = new Date();
    System.out.println("Format To times:");
    System.out.println(date.getTime());
    Timestamp ts = new Timestamp(date.getTime());
    System.out.println(ts);
  }
}

The code above generates the following result.