Convert Android's date Strings to date objects

Question

In Android, the date of every event (such as birthdays and anniversaries) is saved in String format, e.g. \"2011-12-24\".

This is at least the case for my phone. Some ot

Answer 1

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

SimpleDateFormat myDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy");
        Date tempDate;
        try {
            tempDate = myDateFormat.parse("24/12/2011");
              long milliseconds=tempDate.getTime();
              Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), milliseconds+"", 1).show();
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            // TODO Auto-generated catch block
            e.printStackTrace();
        }