public static long GetTicks(String epochStr)
{
  //convert the target-epoch time to a well-format string
   String date = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd/HH/mm/ss").format(new Date (Long.parseLong(epochStr)));
   String[] ds=date.split("/");
     
   //start of the ticks time
  Calendar calStart=Calendar.getInstance();
  calStart.set(1, 1, 3, 0, 0, 0);
  
  //the target t