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How to convert date string to timestamp in Kotlin?

I want to convert a date string to unix timestamp from a date string e.g. 14-02-2018

Can someone help?

Solution

  • Since JDK 8 you can do:

    val l = LocalDate.parse("14-02-2018", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("dd-MM-yyyy"))

val unix = l.atStartOfDay(ZoneId.systemDefault()).toInstant().epochSecond

    Note that the example uses your system's default timezone.