converting a date string into milliseconds in java [duplicate]

Answer 1

    try {  String str_date="11-June-07";
    SimpleDateFormat formatter ; 
    Date date ; 
    formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
    date = (Date) formatter.parse(str_date);  
    Log.i("test",""+date);
    } catch (Exception e)
    {System.out.println("Exception :"+e);  }  

    Date d = new Date();
    long time = d.getTime();
    long timeDiff = time - lastTime;

//timeDiff will contain your value.
//import these two,
//import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
//import java.util.Date;