How to convert a string Date to long millseconds
I have a date inside a string, something like "12-December-2012". How can I convert this into milliseconds (long)?
Solution 1:
Using SimpleDateFormat
String string_date = "12-December-2012";
SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
try {
Date d = f.parse(string_date);
long milliseconds = d.getTime();
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Solution 2:
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
Date date = (Date)formatter.parse("12-December-2012");
long mills = date.getTime();