title: String to Date in epoch time Format in Java
body: <p>i have a string in a format i don't really recognize:
  string received: "36872 Dec 12 15:35" 
  while the windows representation for this date is: "12/12/2012 5:35 PM"</p>
  
  <p>so first, I'm guessing something was corrupted in the date.
  second, I'm looking to parse this string to a epoch time format</p>
  
  <p>something like this: "1355371390142" (which is actually "2012-12-13 06:03:10")</p>