The toEpochSecond() method of a LocalDate class is used to convert this LocalDate to the number of seconds since the epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. The method combines this local date with the specified time and offsets passed as parameters to calculate the epoch-second value, which is the number of elapsed seconds from 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z. Instants on the timeline after the epoch are positive, earlier are negative.
Syntax:
public long toEpochSecond(LocalTime time,
ZoneOffset offset)
Parameters: This method accepts two parameters time and offset which are the local time and the zone offset.
Return value: This method returns long which is the number of seconds since the epoch of 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z, may be negative.
Below programs illustrate the toEpochSecond() method:
Program 1:
// Java program to demonstrate// LocalDate.toEpochSecond() method  import java.time.*;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {          // create a LocalDate object        LocalDate localD            = LocalDate.parse("2018-12-06");          // print LocalDate        System.out.println("LocalDate: "                           + localD);          // create a LocalTime object        LocalTime time            = LocalTime.parse("20:12:32");          // print Instant        System.out.println("Passed LocalTime: "                           + time);          // create ZoneId        ZoneOffset zone = ZoneOffset.of("Z");          // print ZoneId        System.out.println("Passed ZoneOffset: "                           + zone);          // print result        System.out.println("Epoch Second: "                           + localD.toEpochSecond(time, zone));    }} |
Output:
LocalDate: 2018-12-06 Passed LocalTime: 20:12:32 Passed ZoneOffset: Z Epoch Second: 1544127152
Program 2:
// Java program to demonstrate// LocalDate.toEpochSecond() method  import java.time.*;  public class GFG {    public static void main(String[] args)    {          // create a LocalDate object        LocalDate localD            = LocalDate.parse("2019-01-01");          // print LocalDate        System.out.println("LocalDate: "                           + localD);          // create a LocalTime object        LocalTime time            = LocalTime.parse("00:00:00");          // print Instant        System.out.println("Passed LocalTime: "                           + time);          // create ZoneId        ZoneOffset zone = ZoneOffset.of("Z");          // print ZoneId        System.out.println("Passed ZoneOffset: "                           + zone);          // print result        System.out.println("Epoch Second: "                           + localD.toEpochSecond(time, zone));    }} |
Output:
LocalDate: 2019-01-01 Passed LocalTime: 00:00 Passed ZoneOffset: Z Epoch Second: 1546300800
