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.

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?

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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Originally Posted by snytkine

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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Do you mean GMT offset?

I'm looking into this now...

Yes, GMT offset

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