Java date is not preserving milliseconds in conversion with simple date format

Question

I\'m trying to convert the following string \"2012-04-13 04:08:42.794\" to a date type:

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(\         


        

Answer 1

 Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
 System.out.println("Current milliseconds since Jan 1, 1970 are :"
              + now.getTimeInMillis());

just use java.util.Calendar http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html