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Java 8 – Convert Instant to LocalDateTime

Java 8 examples to show you how to convert from Instant to LocalDateTime

1. Instant -> LocalDateTime

The java.time.LocalDateTime has no concept of time zone, just provide a zero offset UTC+0.

InstantExample1.java

package com.mkyong.date;

import java.time.Instant;
import java.time.LocalDateTime;
import java.time.ZoneOffset;

public class InstantExample1 {

    public static void main(String[] argv) {

		// Parse a ISO 8601 Date directly
		//Instant instant = Instant.parse("2016-08-18T06:17:10.225Z");

        Instant instant = Instant.now();

        System.out.println("Instant : " + instant);

        //Convert instant to LocalDateTime, no timezone, add a zero offset / UTC+0
        LocalDateTime ldt = LocalDateTime.ofInstant(instant, ZoneOffset.UTC);

        System.out.println("LocalDateTime : " + ldt);

    }

}

Output


Instant : 2016-08-18T06:17:10.225Z
LocalDateTime : 2016-08-18T06:17:10.225

2. LocalDateTime -> Instant

InstantExample2.java

package com.mkyong.date;

import java.time.*;

public class InstantExample2 {

    public static void main(String[] argv) {

		// Hard code a date time
        LocalDateTime dateTime = LocalDateTime.of(2016, Month.AUGUST, 18, 6, 17, 10);

        System.out.println("LocalDateTime : " + dateTime);

        // Convert LocalDateTime to Instant, UTC+0
        Instant instant = dateTime.toInstant(ZoneOffset.UTC);

        System.out.println("Instant : " + instant);

    }

}

Output


Instant : 2016-08-18T06:17:10.225Z
LocalDateTime : 2016-08-18T06:17:10.225

References

  1. Wikipedia – ISO 8601 date format
  2. Instant JavaDoc
  3. LocaldateTime JavaDoc

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Richard Whitehead
7 years ago

The code is correct if you want the result to be in UTC.
If you want the result to be in your local timezone then instead of ZoneOffset.UTC you want to use ZoneId.systemDefault().