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

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(); }