import java.util.Date;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
String timestr= “2015-07-07 19:24:30”;
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss").parse(timestr));
long millionseconds=c.getTimeInMillis();
long minute=millionseconds/(1000*60);
return minute;