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Convert timestamp to Epoch in java

I am receiving a timestamp like : 07/23/2019.08.45 from a system.
I need to convert this to Epoch.
I was not able to parse this format by using SimpleDateFormat.
I tried:
SimpleDateFormat SDF = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy.HH:mm");
Date dateInstance =SDF.parse("07/23/2019.08.45");
but it didn't work
I also tried to split and parse the time and date but still got the unable to parse error
Can someone please help.
What would be the most efficient way to get this done.

You are not providing the correct date format:
SimpleDateFormat SDF = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy.HH:mm");
Date dateInstance =SDF.parse("07/23/2019.08:45");
Notice : instead of .

Convert UTC date to Local Time in Android? [duplicate]

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Android convert UTC Date to local timezone [duplicate]
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I have a date String like 2017-09-16T05:06:18.157 and I want to convert it to local time (IST). In Indian Standard Time it will be around 2017-09-16 10:36:18.
With Joda-Time, I have tried to convert it to local but I was not able to do it.
Below is my code:
private String getConvertDate(String date_server) {
DateTimeFormatter inputFormatter = DateTimeFormat
.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS")
.withLocale(Locale.US);
DateTime parsed = inputFormatter.parseDateTime(date_server);
DateTimeFormatter outputFormatter = DateTimeFormat
.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
.withLocale(Locale.US)
.withZone(DateTimeZone.getDefault());
return outputFormatter.print(parsed);
}

Good you found a solution with SimpleDateFormat. I'd just like to add more insights about it (basically because the old classes (Date, Calendar and SimpleDateFormat) have lots of problems and design issues, and they're being replaced by the new APIs).
The input String (2017-09-16T05:06:18.157) contains only the date (year/month/day) and time (hour/minute/second/millisecond), but no timezone information. So, when calling parseDateTime, Joda-Time just assumes that it's in the JVM default timezone.
If you know that the input is in UTC, but the input itself has no information about it, you must tell it. One way is to set in the formatter:
// set the formatter to UTC
DateTimeFormatter inputFormatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS")
.withZone(DateTimeZone.UTC);
// DateTime will be in UTC
DateTime parsed = inputFormatter.parseDateTime("2017-09-16T05:06:18.157");
Another alternative is to first parse the input to a org.joda.time.LocalDateTime (a class that represents a date and time without a timezone), and then convert it to a DateTime in UTC:
// parse to LocalDateTime
DateTime = parsed = LocalDateTime.parse("2017-09-16T05:06:18.157")
// convert to a DateTime in UTC
.toDateTime(DateTimeZone.UTC);
Both produces the same DateTime, corresponding to UTC 2017-09-16T05:06:18.157Z.
To format it to "IST timezone" (which is actually not a timezone - more on that below), you can also set the timezone in the formatter:
// convert to Asia/Kolkata
DateTimeFormatter outputFormatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss")
.withZone(DateTimeZone.forID("Asia/Kolkata"));
System.out.println(outputFormatter.print(parsed));
Or you can convert the DateTime to another timezone, using the withZone() method:
DateTimeFormatter outputFormatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
// convert to Asia/Kolkata
System.out.println(outputFormatter.print(parsed.withZone(DateTimeZone.forID("Asia/Kolkata"))));
Both will print:
2017-09-16 10:36:18
In your code you're using DateTimeZone.getDefault(), that gets the JVM default timezone (with some tricky details). But the default timezone can be changed without notice, even at runtime, so it's always better to specify which one you want to use.
Also, keep in mind that short names like IST are not real timezones. Always prefer to use IANA timezones names (always in the format Region/City, like Asia/Kolkata or Europe/Berlin).
Avoid using the 3-letter abbreviations (like IST or PST) because they are ambiguous and not standard. Just check in this list that IST can be "India Standard Time", "Israel Standard Time" and "Irish Standard Time".
You can get a list of available timezones (and choose the one that fits best your system) by calling DateTimeZone.getAvailableIDs().
Java new Date/Time API
Joda-Time is in maintainance mode and is being replaced by the new APIs, so I don't recommend start a new project with it. Even in joda's website it says: "Note that Joda-Time is considered to be a largely “finished” project. No major enhancements are planned. If using Java SE 8, please migrate to java.time (JSR-310).".
If you can't (or don't want to) migrate from Joda-Time to the new API, you can ignore this section.
In Android you can use the ThreeTen Backport, a great backport for Java 8's new date/time classes. To make it work, you'll also need the ThreeTenABP (more on how to use it here).
This new API has lots of different date/time types for each situation.
First, you can parse the input to a org.threeten.bp.LocalDateTime, then I use a org.threeten.bp.ZoneOffset to convert it to UTC, resulting in a org.threeten.bp.OffsetDateTime.
Then, I use a org.threeten.bp.ZoneId to convert this to another timezone, and use a org.threeten.bp.format.DateTimeFormatter to format it (this is basically what's suggested by #Ole V.V's comment - just to show how straightforward it is, as there aren't anything much different to do):
// parse to LocalDateTime
OffsetDateTime parsed = LocalDateTime.parse("2017-09-16T05:06:18.157")
// convert to UTC
.atOffset(ZoneOffset.UTC);
// convert to Asia/Kolkata
ZoneId zone = ZoneId.of("Asia/Kolkata");
DateTimeFormatter outputFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
System.out.println(outputFormatter.format(parsed.atZoneSameInstant(zone)));
The output is:
2017-09-16 10:36:18

try this code:
String serverdateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'";
public String convertServerDateToUserTimeZone(String serverDate) {
String ourdate;
try {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(serverdateFormat, Locale.UK);
formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date value = formatter.parse(serverDate);
TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("Asia/Kolkata");
SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat(serverdateFormat, Locale.UK); //this format changeable
dateFormatter.setTimeZone(timeZone);
ourdate = dateFormatter.format(value);
//Log.d("OurDate", OurDate);
} catch (Exception e) {
ourdate = "0000-00-00 00:00:00";
}
return ourdate;
}

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
TimeZone utcZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(utcZone);
Date myDate =simpleDateFormat.parse(rawQuestion.getString("Asia/Kolkata"));
simpleDateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
String formattedDate = simpleDateFormat.format(myDate);

parse String to 'yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.SSSZ' ISODate java [duplicate]

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Java / convert ISO-8601 (2010-12-16T13:33:50.513852Z) to Date object
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How to convert String to ISODate format using SimpleDateFormat, which means that i want to finally get Date in java.util.Date format.
My string will look like 2017-02-17T09:28:03.000Z, i want to convert it to date formt. I can do this in Joda date format, but since i am using mongoDB, it does not accept joda format.
String startDateString1 = "2017-02-17T04:23:17.452Z";
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ");
Date startDate = df.parse(startDateString1);
String newDateString = df.format(startDate);
above code is not working.

Your code is not working since Z is a reserved character used to interpret RFC-822 time zones :
RFC 822 time zone: For formatting, the RFC 822 4-digit time zone format is used:
RFC822TimeZone:
Sign TwoDigitHours Minutes
TwoDigitHours:
Digit Digit
Since Java 7, you can use X to interpret ISO-8601 time zones https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html . The following works :
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSX");
However, on my computer,
System.out.println(newDateString);
results in the following output :
2017-02-17T05:23:17.452+01
Alternatively, if you are sure to have only UTC dates, you could escape the Z letter with simple quotes :
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'");
And here is the displayed result :
2017-02-17T04:23:17.452Z

You can do it in Java 8 like below.
Instant instant = Instant.parse("2017-02-17T09:28:03.000Z");
Date date = Date.from(instant);

You could use javax.xml.bind.DatatypeConverter.parseDateTime("2017-02-17T04:23:17.452Z") which will return a Calendar object. You can call getTime() on it to get a Date object.

2014-02-09T00:00:00+05:30 my date coming in this string format.how can i convert into java.util.date object

I am receiving the string in this format "2014-02-09T00:00:00+05:30" then how can i convert into java.util.date object.
final String ISO_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS zzz";
dateInString="2014-02-09T00:00:00+05:30";
final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(ISO_FORMAT);
final TimeZone utc =TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
Date date = formatter.parse(dateInString);
System.out.println(date);
I have tried this way.Its giving java.text.ParseException:

try this format "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX" for more information Class SimpleDateFormat

Your format is wrong, I think your looking for yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX.
S is for millisecondes, you don't need this.
Note that XXX will work with Java 7 (see documentation : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html), it's the ISO 8601 time zone format.
With Java 6 you can only use ZZZ but it won't match +05:30 because ZZZ match RFC 822 time zone format
If you're using Java 6, please refer to this answer : https://stackoverflow.com/a/2202300/1140748

Trying to convert yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ss-07:00 to correct time in Android

Okay, so here's my issue in Android right now. On our Database there's a timestamp in this format 8/15/2013 2:00:48 PM and through a .NET WebService I get that same time like this in Android: 2013-08-15T14:00:48-07:00. Now I want to convert this format into a Date Time format that I can use for comparison (for example this webservice provides every instance where a device failed at logging in so we want to check the amount of time between occurances to see if there's any issues). Below I have this code where I'm trying to use JODA Time but it's still not returning the correct format:
public static Date convertStringToDate(String input) {
String pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZ";
DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormat.forPattern(pattern);
DateTime dateTime = formatter.parseDateTime(input);
return dateTime.toDate();
//printout shows: Thu Aug 15 17:00:48 EDT 2013
}
I know that the server is returning some crappy time format that is hard to work with (it took a while to get this to work in the iOS App we have, and even there it's still rather clunky) so I don't mind changing the webservice or the query if that would make things easier.

I have a very similar format, and I parse it using SimpleDateFormat, try this:
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssZZZ", Locale.US);
Date dateTime = format .parse(value);

What i understand is that you have your correct instance of date already and what you need is to parse it to String.
I suggest you use:
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");
//this will give you the format '8/15/2013 2:00:48 PM'
String d = formatter.format(date);
Hope this helps.
EDIT:
Also seams you want to have your date instance in -07:00 timezone
So you can change your line
DateTime dateTime = formatter.parseDateTime(input);
for
DateTime dateTime = formatter.withZone(DateTimeZone.forID("-07:00")).parseDateTime(input);