The setTime() method of Java Date class sets a date object. It sets date object to represent time milliseconds after January 1, 1970 00:00:00 GMT.
Syntax:
public void setTime(long time)
Parameters: The function accepts a single parameter time which specifies the number of milliseconds.
Return Value: It method has no return value.
Exception: The function does not throws any exception.
Program below demonstrates the above mentioned function:
Program 1:
// Java code to demonstrate // setTime() function of Date class import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Calendar;
public class GfG {
// main method
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// creating a date object with specified time.
Date dateOne = new Date();
System.out.println( "Date initially: "
+ dateOne);
// Sets the time
dateOne.setTime( 1000 );
// Prints the time
System.out.println( "Date after setting"
+ " the time: "
+ dateOne);
}
} |
Output:
Date initially: Wed Jan 02 09:34:03 UTC 2019 Date after setting the time: Thu Jan 01 00:00:01 UTC 1970
Program 2:
// Java code to demonstrate // setTime() function of Date class import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Calendar;
public class GfG {
// main method
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// creating a Calendar object
Calendar c1 = Calendar.getInstance();
// set Month
// MONTH starts with 0 i.e. ( 0 - Jan)
c1.set(Calendar.MONTH, 11 );
// set Date
c1.set(Calendar.DATE, 05 );
// set Year
c1.set(Calendar.YEAR, 1996 );
// creating a date object with specified time.
Date dateOne = c1.getTime();
System.out.println( "Date initially: "
+ dateOne);
// Sets the time
dateOne.setTime( 1000999 );
// Prints the time
System.out.println( "Date after setting"
+ " the time: "
+ dateOne);
}
} |
Output:
Date initially: Thu Dec 05 09:32:53 UTC 1996 Date after setting the time: Thu Jan 01 00:16:40 UTC 1970