Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; /* * Copyright 2010 TYTung. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at * * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under * the License. */ import java.text.ParseException; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; public class Main { private static SimpleDateFormat GMTTimeFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'"); public static long getGMTTime(String strGMTTime) { long millisecond = 0; try { millisecond = GMTTimeFormatter.parse(strGMTTime).getTime(); } catch (ParseException e) { if (strGMTTime.length() > 0) e.printStackTrace(); else System.err.println(e.getMessage()); } return millisecond; } }