Create date in karaf shell

Question

I'm trying to create a date object from a long (timestamp) in a karaf shell (karaf version=2.4)

It should be as simple as new java.util.Date 0 but it returns

Error executing command: Error when instantiating object of class java.util.Date

The stack trace is

java.lang.Exception: Error when instantiating object of class java.util.Date caused by java.lang.IllegalArgumentException at java.util.Date.parse(Date.java:615)[:1.7.0_55]

So it appears that it thinks that 0 is a string. Creating a variable doesn't seem to help :

> a = 0
> $a getClass
returns java.lang.Long
> new java.util.Date $a
returns the same error as above.

Any help ?

Try wrapping in quotes maybe? I'm just guessing here, don't know the karaf shell. - Since you can use some Java stuff, maybe casting it will help? — ShellFish, Jan 14 '15 at 17:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 26 '15 at 22:07

On Karaf 3.0.3 - it works out of the box. So, I suspect a bug in earlier versions.

karaf@root()> new java.util.Date 0
Time                 0
Year                 70
Month                0
Date                 1
Hours                1
Minutes              0
Seconds              0
Day                  4
TimezoneOffset       -60

karaf@root()> new java.util.Date
Time                 1430085930875
Year                 115
Month                3
Date                 26
Hours                23
Minutes              5
Seconds              30
Day                  0
TimezoneOffset       -60

Yes I also agree it's a bug, but any idea of a workaround ? – carlTEJ Jul 17 '15 at 16:46 — carlTEJ, Jul 17 '15 at 16:46

Create date in karaf shell

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