Setting the Timezone for PHP in the php.ini file

I tried all the other possible solutions posted, but none of them helped. This is what helped me save my timezone settings: 1) Go to your phpinfo() page and search for Loaded Configuration File and open the php.ini file mentioned under that section. 2) Change the default timezone settings by adding your new timezone by … Read more

Converting between java.time.LocalDateTime and java.util.Date

Short answer: Explanation: (based on this question about LocalDate) Despite its name, java.util.Date represents an instant on the time-line, not a “date”. The actual data stored within the object is a long count of milliseconds since 1970-01-01T00:00Z (midnight at the start of 1970 GMT/UTC). The equivalent class to java.util.Date in JSR-310 is Instant, thus there are convenient methods to provide the conversion to and fro: … Read more

How to get the current date/time in Java

It depends on what form of date / time you want: If you want the date / time as a single numeric value, then System.currentTimeMillis() gives you that, expressed as the number of milliseconds after the UNIX epoch (as a Java long). This value is a delta from a UTC time-point, and is independent of the local time-zone1. … Read more