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+package meerkat;
+
+import java.sql.Timestamp;
+import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * Created by  Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev  on 1/15/2016.
+ * converts time stamps to strings and the other way
+ */
+public abstract class AccurateTimestamp {
+
+    private static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss.SSS";
+
+    /**
+     * Converts current timestamp to string
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static String GetCurrentTimestampString(){
+        return new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT).format(new java.util.Date());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convets string timesta,p tp java.sql.timestamp
+     * @param timestamp string
+     * @return
+     * @throws ParseException
+     */
+    public static java.sql.Timestamp GetCurrentTimestampFromString(String timestamp) throws ParseException {
+        Date date = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT).parse(timestamp);
+        return new Timestamp(date.getTime());
+    }
+
+}