Convert Date to Long

In this section you will learn to convert the date into a long format. The java.util package provides the functionality to convert a date type into a long type. 

Description of program:

The following program helps you in converting a date into a long type. First of all you need a date that needs to be converted. The DateFormat is a constructor to create a new  date format. The getTime() method is used to convert the given date into a long type. This method returns the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this Date object. which is of long type.

 

 Here is the code of program:

 

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class DateToLong {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
  try {
  String str_date="11-June-07";
  DateFormat formatter ; 
  Date date ; 
  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yy");
  date = (Date)formatter.parse(str_date); 
  long longDate=date.getTime();
  System.out.println("Today is " +longDate );
  }
  catch (ParseException e){
  System.out.println("Exception :"+e); 
  }
  }
}