Java String to Timestamp getTimestampFromDateString(String date)

Description

This method computes the timestamp of the beginning of the day (UTC), given a random string yyyy-MM-dd

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static long getTimestampFromDateString(String date) throws ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;

public class Main {
    /**/*from   w  w  w. j  a  v  a2  s.c  o  m*/
     * This method computes the timestamp of the beginning of the day (UTC), given a random string yyyy-MM-dd
     **/
    public static long getTimestampFromDateString(String date) throws ParseException {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        cal.setTime(sdf.parse(date));
        cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
        cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
        return (cal.getTimeInMillis() / 1000L);
    }
}

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5. getTimestamp(String timezone, String dateTime, String pattern)
6. getTimeStampInSecond(String timeStr)
7. isTimestamp(String str, boolean allowEmpty)
8. isTimeStampValid(String timestamp)
9. string2Timestamp(String dateString, String timezone)