Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; import android.text.TextUtils; public class Main { public static long parseDateTime(String dateTime) { if (TextUtils.isEmpty(dateTime)) { return 0; } long time = 0; try { Date date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss").parse(dateTime); if (null != date) { time = date.getTime(); } } catch (ParseException e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return time; } }