PHP getdate() conversion to Java Date

Question

I had this weird problem a little while ago and haven't been able to find a solution yet. In my application, I keep some information about the activity of the user on my server. I also keep the date of the activity using getdate() function of PHP. When queried, I send this information back to the phone and try to represent the date in a more human-readable format.

For example,

//This is the part that runs on the server
$timeOfAct = getdate();
//$timeOfAct = 1339637005. I guess this is the date in milliseconds
//INSERT $timeOfAct to database

I send this information back to the application using JSON.

//st="1339637005"
SimpleDateFormat ft = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy");
Date resultdate = new Date(Long.parseLong(st));
st=ft.format(resultdate);

st always becomes 01/16/1970.

As far as I understand, date 0 for JAVA is not equal to 0 for PHP.

So, do you have any suggestions for me to achieve a successful conversion?

UPDATE: I forgot to mention that I was using the 0th element of the array returned by getdate() which is equal to what is returned by time() function

//E.g. INSERT $timeOfAct[0]

getdate returns an array. Are you sure you're using it appropriately? — jprofitt
– jprofitt, Commented Jun 14, 2012 at 1:57
Surprisingly, I was using it appropriately. I was using the 0th element of the array ($timeOfAct[0]) — yildirimyigit
– yildirimyigit, Commented Jun 14, 2012 at 2:17

xdazz · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-14 01:58:01Z

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getdate() returns an associative array of information related to the timestamp, not what you guessed.

If you want timestamp, just use time().

answered Jun 14, 2012 at 1:58

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dinox0r Over a year ago

Shouldn't be time() * 1000?

yildirimyigit Over a year ago

I was using the 0th element in the array which indeed is equal to time(). I didn't know that at first but it seems so.

yildirimyigit Over a year ago

Sorry that was my bad. I have always assumed that getdate returns the time in ms. Whatever, thanks for your time

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