Java Long Number to Date dateToLong(String date)

Description

conversion from date to long value

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
date	date in the yyyy-MM-dd format

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	throw when error in parsing date

Return

long value of the date

Declaration

public static long dateToLong(String date) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

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import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    private final static String DATE_PATTERN = "yyyy-MM-dd";

    /**
     * conversion from date to long value
     *
     * @param date date in the yyyy-MM-dd format
     * @return long value of the date
     * @throws ParseException throw when error in parsing date
     */
    public static long dateToLong(String date) throws ParseException {
        final SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_PATTERN);
        Date fDate = dateFormat.parse(date);
        Long lDate = fDate.getTime();
        return lDate;
    }
}

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