parse String date to long java

Question

I have a String date = dd/MM/yyyy. How can I parse it to long? Have I to get the day, parse to long, get the month, parse to long, get the year, parse to long and then concatenate?

Thanks,

Do you want to get the `long` as the concatenation of ddMMyyyy, or the number of milliseconds between epoch and the `Date` represented by this `String` ? — Florent Bayle, Dec 12 '14 at 12:12
I need the date in format long to insert it in Google Calendar intent — David, Dec 12 '14 at 13:32
So, I think that you need a number of milliseconds from epoch, as given in @Jens answer. — Florent Bayle, Dec 12 '14 at 13:40
possible duplicate of [Convert Date string with Time to long date](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17305048/convert-date-string-with-time-to-long-date) — Basil Bourque, Dec 14 '14 at 03:56
Please search StackOverflow before posting. This topic has been handled in hundreds of Questions and Answers. — Basil Bourque, Dec 14 '14 at 03:56

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 12 '14 at 12:06

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Use the Formatter to parse the date:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyy");
Long date = df.parse("12/12/2014").getTime();

answered Dec 12 '14 at 12:06

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '16 at 17:45

using simpledateformat you can easily achieve this

public class test {
public static void main(String[] args) {

     String currentDate = "01-March-2016";
     SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy");
     Date parseDate = f.parse(currentDate);
     long milliseconds = parseDate.getTime();
}
}

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