Java tutorial
public class DateLabel { public static void main(String[] args) { java.util.Date today = new java.util.Date(); java.sql.Timestamp ts1 = new java.sql.Timestamp(today.getTime()); java.sql.Timestamp ts2 = java.sql.Timestamp.valueOf("2005-04-06 09:01:10"); long tsTime1 = ts1.getTime(); long tsTime2 = ts2.getTime(); System.out.println(tsTime1); System.out.println(tsTime2); } }