ServerValue.TIMESTAMP with Firebase

[muhannd dhahier]

I used ServerValue.TIMESTAMP to save the time in Firebase DB.

My code is

myRef.child(idna).child("msg_time").setValue(ServerValue.TIMESTAMP);

The value will be "msg_time": 1494779954547

First- Is it a correct way to save the time in Firebase ?

Second- How to convert it to readable date like dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss

I tried:

Long timestamp =1494779904394;

SimpleDateFormat sfd = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
sfd.format(new Date(timestamp));

but it said Integer number too big.

any idea?

[Michael Bleigh]

Firebase server timestamps are in milliseconds since epoch. You may need to divide by 1000 to get an accurate time if you aren't working with JavaScript.

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[JohnReese]

You can do this

let date = new Date(this.eventDocAdded.seconds);

console.log(date);

Then date.getMonth, full year, date, day, hours, and time in javascript. Look up date objects :)