# Class Timestamp

java.lang.Object
java.security.Timestamp

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Serializable`

public final class Timestamp extends Object implements Serializable
This class encapsulates information about a signed timestamp. It is immutable. It includes the timestamp's date and time as well as information about the Timestamping Authority (TSA) which generated and signed the timestamp.

Since:
  1.5
See Also:
  - Serialized Form

- ## Constructor Summary

  Constructors
  Constructor
  Description
  `Timestamp(Date timestamp, CertPath signerCertPath)`
  Constructs a `Timestamp`.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `boolean`
  `equals(Object obj)`
  Tests for equality between the specified object and this `Timestamp`.
  `CertPath`
  `getSignerCertPath()`
  Returns the certificate path for the Timestamping Authority.
  `Date`
  `getTimestamp()`
  Returns the date and time when the `Timestamp` was generated.
  `int`
  `hashCode()`
  Returns the hash code value for this `Timestamp`.
  `String`
  `toString()`
  Returns a string describing this `Timestamp`.

  ### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

  `clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait`

- ## Constructor Details

  - ### Timestamp

    public Timestamp(Date timestamp, CertPath signerCertPath)
    Constructs a `Timestamp`.
    Parameters:
      `timestamp` - is the timestamp's date and time. It must not be `null`.
      `signerCertPath` - is the TSA's certificate path. It must not be `null`.
    Throws:
      `NullPointerException` - if timestamp or signerCertPath is `null`.

- ## Method Details

  - ### getTimestamp

    public Date getTimestamp()
    Returns the date and time when the `Timestamp` was generated.
    Returns:
      The timestamp's date and time.

  - ### getSignerCertPath

    public CertPath getSignerCertPath()
    Returns the certificate path for the Timestamping Authority.
    Returns:
      The TSA's certificate path.

  - ### hashCode

    public int hashCode()
    Returns the hash code value for this `Timestamp`. The hash code is generated using the date and time of the `Timestamp` and the TSA's certificate path.
    Overrides:
      `hashCode` in class `Object`
    Returns:
      a hash code value for this `Timestamp`.
    See Also:
      - `Object.equals(java.lang.Object)`
      - `System.identityHashCode(java.lang.Object)`

  - ### equals

    public boolean equals(Object obj)
    Tests for equality between the specified object and this `Timestamp`. Two timestamps are considered equal if the date and time of their timestamp's and their signer's certificate paths are equal.
    Overrides:
      `equals` in class `Object`
    Parameters:
      `obj` - the object to test for equality with this `Timestamp`.
    Returns:
      `true` if the timestamps are considered equal, `false` otherwise.
    See Also:
      - `Object.hashCode()`
      - `HashMap`

  - ### toString

    public String toString()
    Returns a string describing this `Timestamp`.
    Overrides:
      `toString` in class `Object`
    Returns:
      A string comprising the date and time of the `Timestamp` and its signer's certificate.