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
