# convert julia date to milliseconds

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-julia-date-to-milliseconds/9182>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [February 19, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-julia-date-to-milliseconds/9182 "2018-02-19T21:16:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![howcani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@howcani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/howcani)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 9:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-julia-date-to-milliseconds/9182/1 "2018-02-19T21:16:37Z")

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How can I convert date in string format “2018-02-19” (y-m-d) to milliseconds so that I can use it for jcall setDate(long milliseconds)?

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**Author:** ![Wikunia](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/wikunia/32/2180_2.png) [@Wikunia](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Wikunia)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 9:42pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-julia-date-to-milliseconds/9182/2 "2018-02-19T21:42:59Z")

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You can have a look here:  
[en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introducing\_Julia/Working\_with\_dates\_and\_times](http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introducing_Julia/Working_with_dates_and_times)

In the section moments in time:

```julia
 julia> moment=now()
 2017-02-01T12:45:46.326
 
 julia> moment.instant
 Base.Dates.UTInstant{Base.Dates.Millisecond}(63621636346326 milliseconds)

 julia> Dates.value(moment)
 63621636346326

```

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**Author:** ![howcani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a8b319/32.png) [@howcani](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/howcani)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/convert-julia-date-to-milliseconds/9182/3 "2018-02-19T21:59:54Z")

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Thank you!

[https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26121#issuecomment-366805320](https://github.com/JuliaLang/julia/issues/26121#issuecomment-366805320)