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);   }  }}