How to convert a value from date type to double type

hi

How to convert from date type to double type also from string type to double type.

actuallty i want to subtract two time difference, such as loginTime and logoutTime.

These two timeStamps are in Date format and String format.

Please provide code if possibe.

thanks in advance.

[319 byte] By [ukbasaka] at [2007-11-27 8:36:50]
# 1
Check out method getTime() on Date. Also, parse the String version to a Date using SimpleDateFomat.Message was edited by: sabre150
sabre150a at 2007-7-12 20:33:54 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...
# 2
I 'mso sorry . Idon'tknow!!
GuoJunjiana at 2007-7-12 20:33:54 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...
# 3
> I 'mso sorry . Idon'tknow!!Err... you don't know what and why do we need to know what you don't know?
sabre150a at 2007-7-12 20:33:54 > top of Java-index,Java Essentials,Java Programming...