converting a date string into milliseconds in java [duplicate]

Answer 1

You can simply call the getTime() method of date object. please follow through the sample below

import java.util.Date;

public class Test {
    @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        System.out.println(new Date("Sat Feb 17 2012").getTime());

    }

}