title: In the Eclipse debugger, how can I view any primitive long value as a formatted date?
body: <p>I'm currently working on a Java application that frequently uses primitive long values for timestamps. It would be great if I could see these in the Eclipse debugger as both a long value and a formatted timestamp. Perhaps if the number is out of range for any reasonable timestamp, it would only appear as a number. The "Detail Formatters" section of Eclipse Preferences offers nothing for primitives, at least not that I can find. Watch expressions are not much good, because it requires making a new watch expression for each and every class having a primitive long timestamp--not worth the labor. Does anyone know of another way to generically view any long value as a formatted timestamp? Thanks for your help.</p>
  
  <p>Byron</p>