Java Date - from() Method

The java.util.Date.from() method is used to obtain an instance of Date from an Instant object.

Syntax

public static Date from(Instant instant)

Parameters

Return Value

Returns a Date representing the same point on the time-line as the provided instant.

Exception

• Throws NullPointerException, if instant is null.
• Throws IllegalArgumentException, if the instant is too large to represent as a Date

Example:

In the example below, the java.util.Date.from() method is used to get an instance of Date from a given Instant object.

import java.util.*;
import java.time.Instant; 

public class MyClass {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //creating a Date object
    Date Dt = new Date();

    //creating an Instant object
    Instant Inst = Instant.now();

    //printing the instant object
    System.out.println("The Instant is: " + Dt.from(Inst));
  }
}

The output of the above code will be:

The Instant is: Sat May 08 11:06:02 UTC 2021