java - Converting Epoch time to date string

Question

I have seen this question asked multiple times and none of the answers seem to be what i need.

I have a long type variable which has an epoch time stored in it.

What i want to do is convert it to a String

for example if the epoch time stored was for today the final string would read:

17/03/2012

How would i to this?

Answer 1

Look into SimpleDateFormat

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
sdf.format(new Date(myTimeAsLong));