parseTimestamp
Return a timestamp
from a string given a time and date format.
Example
parseTimestamp("2001-12-24 23:05:33.000",
"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS")
Syntax
parseTimestamp(string expr date, string mask)
Notes
This function takes in a string date (the first parameter), whose format has to match the string mask (the second parameter) and returns it as a date type in a format matching the logged-in user locale preferences. The function takes any valid java mask.