Get Epoch from time stamp string

      public long getEpochFromBFTimeStamp(String TimeStamp) {

            try {

                  return (new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss'.0'")

                             .parse(TimeStamp).getTime() / 1000);

            } catch (ParseException e) {

                  return -1;

            }

      }

That's it!