diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timestamptolong/TimestampToLong.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion/src/main/java/com/baeldung/timestamptolong/TimestampToLong.java
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+package com.baeldung.timestamptolong;
+
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public class TimestampToLong {
+    public void usingSimpleDateFormat() throws ParseException {
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
+        String currentDateString = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").format(new Date());
+        long actualTimestamp = sdf.parse(currentDateString).getTime();
+    }
+
+    public void usingInstantClass() {
+        Instant instant = Instant.now();
+        long actualTimestamp = instant.toEpochMilli();
+    }
+
+    public void usingTimestamp() {
+        Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        long actualTimestamp = timestamp.getTime();
+    }
+
+    public void usingJava8DateTime() {
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.now();
+        long actualTimestamp = localDateTime.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant().toEpochMilli();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion/src/test/java/com/baeldung/timestamptolong/TimestampToLongUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-datetime-conversion/src/test/java/com/baeldung/timestamptolong/TimestampToLongUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.timestamptolong;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.time.Instant;
+import java.time.LocalDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class TimestampToLongUnitTest {
+
+    private static final long TOLERANCE = 1000;
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenSimpleDateFormat_whenFormattingDate_thenTConvertToLong() throws ParseException {
+        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
+
+        String currentDateString = sdf.format(new Date());
+        long actualTimestamp = sdf.parse(currentDateString).getTime();
+
+        assertTrue(Math.abs(System.currentTimeMillis() - actualTimestamp) < TOLERANCE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInstantClass_whenGettingTimestamp_thenTConvertToLong() {
+        Instant instant = Instant.now();
+        long actualTimestamp = instant.toEpochMilli();
+
+        assertTrue(Math.abs(System.currentTimeMillis() - actualTimestamp) < TOLERANCE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenTimestamp_whenCreatingTimestamp_thenTConvertToLong() {
+        Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        long actualTimestamp = timestamp.getTime();
+
+        assertTrue(Math.abs(System.currentTimeMillis() - actualTimestamp) < TOLERANCE);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenJava8DateTime_whenGettingTimestamp_thenTConvertToLong() {
+        LocalDateTime localDateTime = LocalDateTime.now();
+        long actualTimestamp = localDateTime.atZone(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant().toEpochMilli();
+
+        assertTrue(Math.abs(System.currentTimeMillis() - actualTimestamp) < TOLERANCE);
+    }
+}