Datetime format in Android is a very common utility for any android application. Nows days most of projects required date and time formatting in Android. So we are building a plug-and-play solution. I hope each developer will keep this utility in their own inbox for
In this tutorial, we demonstrate different-different date formatting and parsingSimpleDateFormat is a java class that extends the DateFormat java class. It is used for normalization, formatting, and parsing date in a locale-sensitive manner.
SimpleDateFormat is used for below utility in Android
- Formatting – It allows for formatting Date to Text in Android any given locale.
- Parsing – You can parse any Text in Date object by using SimpleDateFormat
Some specific Letter is used to represent Date or Time Component in Android. You can read the Google Official site.
Formatting
Here we discuss some date formats my intention is to cover each combination of date formats.
DATE_FORMAT_1 = hh:mm a The output will be -: 10:37 am DATE_FORMAT_2 = h:mm a Output will be -: 10:37 am DATE_FORMAT_3 = yyyy-MM-dd The output will be -: 2018-12-05 DATE_FORMAT_4 = dd-MMMM-yyyy The output will be -: 05-December-2018 DATE_FORMAT_5 = dd MMMM yyyy The output will be -: 05 December 2018 DATE_FORMAT_6 = dd MMMM yyyy zzzz The output will be -: 05 December 2018 UTC DATE_FORMAT_7 = EEE, MMM d, ''yy The output will be -: Wed, Dec 5, '18 DATE_FORMAT_8 = yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss The Output will be -: 2018-12-05 10:37:43 DATE_FORMAT_9 = h:mm a dd MMMM yyyy The output will be -: 10:37 am 05 December 2018 DATE_FORMAT_10 = K:mm a, z The output will be -: 10:37 am, UTC DATE_FORMAT_11 = hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz The output will be -: 10 o'clock am, UTC DATE_FORMAT_12 = yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z' The output will be -: 2018-12-05T10:37:43.937Z DATE_FORMAT_13 = E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z The output will be -: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:37:43 UTC DATE_FORMAT_14 = yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z The output will be -: 2018.12.05 AD at 10:37:43 UTC DATE_FORMAT_15 = yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa The output will be -: 02018.D.05 AD 10:37 am DATE_FORMAT_16 = EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z The output will be -: Wed, 5 Dec 2018 10:37:43 +0000 DATE_FORMAT_17 = yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ The output will be -: 2018-12-05T10:37:43.946+0000 DATE_FORMAT_18 = yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX The output will be -: 2018-12-05T10:37:43.949Z DATE_FORMAT_19 = dd-MMM-yyyy The output will be -: 05-Dec-2018
All the above date format combinations. Now comes utility class.
Get Current Date
Example 1 Get current date using below function, You may change date format based on need.
/**
* Default date format
*/
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_2 = "dd-MMM-yyyy";
public static String getCurrentDate() {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_1);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
return dateFormat.format(today);
}
Get current Time
Example 2 using below function you can get system current time, Here also you can change format based on need.
/**
* Default time format
*/
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_1 = "hh:mm a";
public static String getCurrentTime() {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_1);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
return dateFormat.format(today);
}
Get the Date and Time from Timestamp
Example 3
getDateTimeFromTimeStamp will take a timestamp and the second param is SimpleDateFormat, So whatever format you want you can pass. It just takes a timestamp and returns a formatted date
/**
*
* @param time in milliseconds (Timestamp)
* @param mDateFormat SimpleDateFormat
* @return
*/
public static String getDateTimeFromTimeStamp(Long time, String mDateFormat) {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(mDateFormat);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date dateTime = new Date(time);
return dateFormat.format(dateTime);
}
How to use it, Just look below date time format exmaple
/** * Get current date example 1 */ String mCurrentDate = DateUtils.getCurrentDate(); /** * Get current time example 2 */ String mCurrentTime = DateUtils.getCurrentTime(); /** * Date Format example 3 */ public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "dd-MMM-yyyy"; String mDateTime = DateUtils.getDateFromTimeStamp(System.currentTimeMillis(), DATE_FORMAT);
Date Parsing in Android
Let’s take a few examples of date parsing
Example 4 Get Timestamp from DateTime in Android
/**
* Get Timestamp from date and time
* @param mDateTime datetime String
* @param mDateFormat Date Format
* @return
* @throws ParseException
*/
public static long getTimeStampFromDateTime(String mDateTime, String mDateFormat) throws ParseException {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(mDateFormat);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date date = dateFormat.parse(mDateTime);
return date.getTime();
}
Get DateTime from Date instances
Example 5
/**
* Return datetime String from date object
* @param mDateFormat format of date
* @param date date object that you want to parse
* @return
*/
public static String formatDateTimeFromDate(String mDateFormat, Date date) {
if (date == null) {
return null;
}
return DateFormat.format(mDateFormat, date).toString();
}
Convert DateTime String to another DateTime String format
This is very useful and confusing utility in Android
Example 6
/**
* Convert one date format string to another date format string in android
*
* @param inputDateFormat Input SimpleDateFormat
* @param outputDateFormat Output SimpleDateFormat
* @param inputDate input Date String
* @throws ParseException
*/
public static String formatDateFromDateString(String inputDateFormat, String outputDateFormat,
String inputDate) throws ParseException {
Date mParsedDate;
String mOutputDateString;
SimpleDateFormat mInputDateFormat =
new SimpleDateFormat(inputDateFormat, java.util.Locale.getDefault());
SimpleDateFormat mOutputDateFormat =
new SimpleDateFormat(outputDateFormat, java.util.Locale.getDefault());
mParsedDate = mInputDateFormat.parse(inputDate);
mOutputDateString = mOutputDateFormat.format(mParsedDate);
return mOutputDateString;
}
How to use
/**
* Date Format example 4
*/
public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
String mDateTimeString = "2018-12-05 10:37:43";
try {
long mTimestamp = DateUtils.getTimeStampFromDateTime(mDateTimeString, DATE_FORMAT);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
/**
* Get current datetime example 5
*/
public static final String DATE_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
String mDateTime = DateUtils.formatDateTimeFromDate(DATE_FORMAT, Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
/** Example 6
* DateTime Input Format
*/
public static final String DATE_INPUT_FORMAT = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
/**
* DateTime Output Format
*/
public static final String DATE_OUTPUT_FORMAT = "dd-MMM-yyyy";
String mDateTimeString = "2018-12-05 10:37:43";
String mDateTime = null;
try {
mDateTime = DateUtils.formatDateFromDateString(DATE_INPUT_FORMAT, DATE_OUTPUT_FORMAT, mDateTimeString);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
The output is - 05-Dec-2018;
The complete utility seems like below
package com.androidwave.datetimeutils.utils;
import android.text.format.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.TimeZone;
public class DateUtils {
private static final String TAG = "DateUtils";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_1 = "hh:mm a";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_2 = "h:mm a";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_3 = "yyyy-MM-dd";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_4 = "dd-MMMM-yyyy";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_5 = "dd MMMM yyyy";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_6 = "dd MMMM yyyy zzzz";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_7 = "EEE, MMM d, ''yy";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_8 = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_9 = "h:mm a dd MMMM yyyy";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_10 = "K:mm a, z";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_11 = "hh 'o''clock' a, zzzz";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_12 = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS'Z'";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_13 = "E, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss z";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_14 = "yyyy.MM.dd G 'at' HH:mm:ss z";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_15 = "yyyyy.MMMMM.dd GGG hh:mm aaa";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_16 = "EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_17 = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ";
public static final String DATE_FORMAT_18 = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX";
public static String getCurrentDate() {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_1);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
return dateFormat.format(today);
}
public static String getCurrentTime() {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT_1);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date today = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
return dateFormat.format(today);
}
/**
* @param time in milliseconds (Timestamp)
* @param mDateFormat SimpleDateFormat
*/
public static String getDateTimeFromTimeStamp(Long time, String mDateFormat) {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(mDateFormat);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date dateTime = new Date(time);
return dateFormat.format(dateTime);
}
/**
* Get Timestamp from date and time
*
* @param mDateTime datetime String
* @param mDateFormat Date Format
* @throws ParseException
*/
public static long getTimeStampFromDateTime(String mDateTime, String mDateFormat)
throws ParseException {
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(mDateFormat);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
Date date = dateFormat.parse(mDateTime);
return date.getTime();
}
/**
* Return datetime String from date object
*
* @param mDateFormat format of date
* @param date date object that you want to parse
*/
public static String formatDateTimeFromDate(String mDateFormat, Date date) {
if (date == null) {
return null;
}
return DateFormat.format(mDateFormat, date).toString();
}
/**
* Convert one date format string to another date format string in android
*
* @param inputDateFormat Input SimpleDateFormat
* @param outputDateFormat Output SimpleDateFormat
* @param inputDate input Date String
* @throws ParseException
*/
public static String formatDateFromDateString(String inputDateFormat, String outputDateFormat,
String inputDate) throws ParseException {
Date mParsedDate;
String mOutputDateString;
SimpleDateFormat mInputDateFormat =
new SimpleDateFormat(inputDateFormat, java.util.Locale.getDefault());
SimpleDateFormat mOutputDateFormat =
new SimpleDateFormat(outputDateFormat, java.util.Locale.getDefault());
mParsedDate = mInputDateFormat.parse(inputDate);
mOutputDateString = mOutputDateFormat.format(mParsedDate);
return mOutputDateString;
}
}
As we see Format DateTime in Android with example, I hope this will help you. Happy Coding 😁