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Can't understand why the following takes place:
String date = "06-04-2007 07:05";
SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm");
Date myDate = fmt.parse(date);
System.out.println(myDate); //Mon Jun 04 07:05:00 EDT 2007
long timestamp = myDate.getTime();
System.out.println(timestamp); //1180955100000 -- where are the milliseconds?
// on the other hand...
myDate = new Date();
System.out.println(myDate); //Tue Sep 16 13:02:44 EDT 2008
timestamp = myDate.getTime();
System.out.println(timestamp); //1221584564703 -- why, oh, why?
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Date.prototype.getTime() The getTime() method returns the number of milliseconds since the ECMAScript epoch. You can use this method to help assign a date and time to another Date object. This method is functionally equivalent to the valueOf() method.
Use the getTime() method to get a UTC timestamp, e.g. new Date(). getTime() . The method returns the number of milliseconds since the Unix Epoch and always uses UTC for time representation. Calling the method from any time zone returns the same UTC timestamp.
The Date object is a built-in object in JavaScript that stores the date and time.
The getTime() method of Java Date class returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GTM which is represented by Date object. Parameters: The function does not accept any parameter. Return Value: It returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GTM.
What milliseconds? You are providing only minutes information in the first example, whereas your second example grabs current date from the system with milliseconds, what is it you're looking for?
String date = "06-04-2007 07:05:00.999";
SimpleDateFormat fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy HH:mm:ss.S");
Date myDate = fmt.parse(date);
System.out.println(myDate);
long timestamp = myDate.getTime();
System.out.println(timestamp);
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