Date To TimeStamp In Java

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import java.sql.Timestamp;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class JavaDateToTimeStamp {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws ParseException {

		SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss");
		String dateString = "01/12/2013 09:30:45";

		Date date = simpleDateFormat.parse(dateString);
		System.out.println("Date : " + date);

		Timestamp timestamp = new Timestamp(date.getTime());
		System.out.println("Timestamp: " + timestamp);

	}
}

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