Get date representation in seconds?

Question

I am using an API which requires a date parameter as a number of seconds, an int.

My problem is that I currently store this time in java.util.dat

Answer 1

import java.util.Date;

... long secs = (new Date().getTime())/1000; ...

Please see - http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Date.html#getTime()