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Thread: How to get unix timestamp from formatted date?

  1. October 8th, 2010, 08:01 AM #1
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    Default How to get unix timestamp from formatted date?

    Hello!
    I am using Twitter API and it returns the date in this format:
    Wed Jul 08 10:38:06 +0000 2009

    I need to store the date as unix timestamp. How can I convert this formatted date to a unix timestamp?
    Is there a class in Java that can do this?

    Thanks.
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    Default Re: How to get unix timestamp from formatted date?

    Hello snytkine,

    I've been reading up on this - Unix time - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Which part of the above date String do you need to generate the time stamp? It's the Month, Day, Year & Time right? We can forget the Wed and +0000?
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    Default Re: How to get unix timestamp from formatted date?

    Sure, we can forget about Wed and I am not sure about +0000, it's probably GMC offset, we should not forget about GMC offset.
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    Default Re: How to get unix timestamp from formatted date?

    Quote Originally Posted by snytkine View Post
    Sure, we can forget about Wed and I am not sure about +0000, it's probably GMC offset, we should not forget about GMC offset.
    Do you mean GMT offset?

    I'm looking into this now...
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    Default Re: How to get unix timestamp from formatted date?

    Yes, GMT offset
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    Default Re: How to get unix timestamp from formatted date?

    Have you started writing any code yet?

    These links should help:

    4WebHelp - Online Tools: Unix Timestamp Converter

    Epoch Converter - Unix Timestamp Converter

    I'm playing with it and i'll post back soon
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