How to convert a string Date to long millseconds

Question

I have a date inside a string, something like \"12-December-2012\". How can I convert this into milliseconds (long)?

Answer 1

Try below code

        SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("your_string_format", Locale.getDefault());
        Date d = null;
        try {
            d = f.parse(date);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        long timeInMillis = d.getTime();