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

Easiest way is used the Date Using Date() and getTime()

    Date dte=new Date();
    long milliSeconds = dte.getTime();
    String strLong = Long.toString(milliSeconds);
    System.out.println(milliSeconds)