Java Date from() Method with Examples

by Online Tutorials Library July 22, 2022

Java Date from() Method

The from(Instant instant) method of Java Date class returns an instance of date which is obtained from an Instant object.

Syntax:

Parameters

instant – It is the instant to convert

Return

It returns a date representing the same point on the timeline as the provided instant.

Exception

NullPointerException will be thrown if instant is null.

IllegalArgumentException will be thrown if the instant is too large to represent as a Date.

Example

  import java.time.Instant;  import java.util.Date;    public class JavaDateFromExample1 {    public static void main(String[] args) {  Date d=new Date();  Instant i= Instant.now();  System.out.println(“date  : “+d.from(i));  }  }  

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Output:

date  : Tue Sep 25 10:27:41 IST 2018

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