Java Date Time - Java Calendar.setTimeInMillis(long millis)

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Syntax

Calendar.setTimeInMillis(long millis) has the following syntax.

public void setTimeInMillis(long millis)

Example

In the following code shows how to use Calendar.setTimeInMillis(long millis) method.

/*  w w  w  .  jav a 2 s . c  o m*/
import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {

   public static void main(String[] args) {

      Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();

      // get the time in milliseconds
      System.out.println("Current time is :" + cal.getTime());

      // set time to 5000000000 ms after january 1 1970
      cal.setTimeInMillis(5000000000L);

      // print the new time
      System.out.println("After setting Time:  " + cal.getTime());
   }
}

The code above generates the following result.

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