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JavaScript

function formatDate(myFormat) {
   var dateTime = myFormat.split(" ");
   var myDate = new Date (dateTime[0]);
   var myTime = dateTime[1].split(":");   
   var result = new Date(
     myDate.getYear() + 1900, 
     myDate.getMonth(), 
     myDate.getDate(),
     myTime[0], 
     myTime[1],
     myTime[2], 
     0);
   return result;
}

var date = formatDate("2015-10-24 18:04:28");
alert(date);
alert(date.getTime());