Convert string Date into timestamp in Android?

Question

I want to convert my date (which is in String format), e.g. 13-09-2011, into Timestamp. I used below code but I got the 2011-09-13 00:00:00.0 as a result. But I want Timest

Answer 1

This line:

"Today is " +timeStampDate

calls TimeStamp.toString() method "which Formats a timestamp in JDBC timestamp escape format. yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss.fffffffff, where ffffffffff indicates nanoseconds."

The TimeStamp you got internally has the value you want. If you want to get it than use: System.out.println("Today is " + timeStampDate.getTime());

    String str_date="13-09-2011";
    DateFormat formatter ; 
    Date date ; 
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
    date = (Date)formatter.parse(str_date);
    java.sql.Timestamp timeStampDate = new Timestamp(date.getTime());
    System.out.println("Today is " + timeStampDate.getTime());

Or if you don't need the Timestamp, you can directly use date.getTime(). It "Returns the Date as a millisecond value.":

    String str_date="13-09-2011";
    DateFormat formatter ; 
    Date date ; 
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
    date = (Date)formatter.parse(str_date);
    System.out.println("Today is " + date.getTime());