Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.util.Calendar; public class Main { private static Calendar sCalendar = Calendar.getInstance(); public static long convertStringDateToLong(String date) { String[] splitString = date.split("[^0-9]+"); int year = Integer.valueOf(splitString[0]); int month = Integer.valueOf(splitString[1]) - 1; int day = Integer.valueOf(splitString[2]); sCalendar.set(year, month, day); return sCalendar.getTimeInMillis(); } }