Java Example - Getting Date Information from URL Response Headers

The following example demonstrates how to use the httpCon.getDate() method of HttpURLConnection to get the date information from the URL response header:

Main.java File

import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        URL url = new URL("");
        HttpURLConnection httpCon = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        long date = httpCon.getDate();
        if (date == 0)
            System.out.println("Unable to get information.");
        else
            System.out.println("Date: " + new Date(date));
    }
}

The output of the above code is:

Date: Mon May 04 11:57:06 CST 2015