Java Millisecond Format stringToTimestampInMilliseconds(String s, DateFormat formatter)

Description

Convert a date time string (e.g., "2011-06-07 19:12:18") to a timestamp in milliseconds (i.e., the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.

License

Apache License

Declaration

public static long stringToTimestampInMilliseconds(String s, DateFormat formatter) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;

import java.util.Date;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Convert a date time string (e.g., "2011-06-07 19:12:18") to a timestamp
     * in milliseconds (i.e., the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.
     */
    public static long stringToTimestampInMilliseconds(String s, DateFormat formatter) {
        Date d = stringToDate(s, formatter);
        return d == null ? 0 : d.getTime();
    }

    /**
     * Convert a date time string (e.g., "2011-06-07 19:12:18") to a Date object.
     */
    public static Date stringToDate(String s, DateFormat formatter) {
        try {
            return formatter.parse(s);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
            return null;
        }
    }
}

Related

1. prettyPrintMillis(long millis)
2. prettyPrintMillis(long millis)
3. prettyPrintTime(long millis)
4. printDate(long millis)
5. reverseFormattedDateWithMilliseconds()
6. strToDateMillisTimestamp(String dateStr, String formatStr)
7. timeFormat(final long milliseconds)
8. timeMillisToString(long timeMillis, String dateFormat)