Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { public static long parseTimeToLong(String time) { if (null == time) return System.currentTimeMillis(); SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss", Locale.getDefault()); sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); java.util.Date d; try { d = sdf.parse(time); return d.getTime(); } catch (Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } return System.currentTimeMillis(); } }