Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Main { /** * @param time * @param format "MMM dd yyyy HH:mm:ss.SSS zzz" * @return */ public static long getEpochTime(String time, String format) { try { SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(format); Date date = df.parse(time); return date.getTime() / 1000; } catch (Exception e) { return 0; } } }