String to date Format in j2me

Question

I have a String Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:29:31 +0530 like this, now I want to convert this String to a date format and I need to display day an date Wed, 22 Aug 2012 like this and eliminating other remaining String?

I need to display the date on my LWUIT form Screen

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 24 '12 at 12:03

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String date = "Wed, 22 Aug 2012 06:29:31 +0530";
String shortDate = date.substring(0, 16);

answered Aug 24 '12 at 12:03

Telmo Pimentel Mota

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This doesn't account for i18n, it will work great as long as the date is in English – Shai Almog Aug 28 '12 at 11:17
I agree with @ShaiAlmog that this is not the best approach, but I just suggested the code based on the question needs. – Telmo Pimentel Mota Aug 28 '12 at 11:36

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '12 at 11:18

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You need to write the code manually by using the methods in java.util.Calendar, we did some formatters and localization API's in Codename One so you can look at our code for reference or just move to Codename One.

answered Aug 28 '12 at 11:18

Shai Almog

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 30 '12 at 16:13

For this date formate "date_posted":"2012-04-19T16:45:33+01:00" i use the following code. You can customize it for your needs.

 try {
                String dateString = date_posted;
                String[] dateArray = Util.split(dateString, "T");
                String[] date = Util.split(dateArray[0], "-");
                String[] time = Util.split(dateArray[1], ":");
            Calendar calStart = Calendar.getInstance();
            calStart.set(Calendar.MONTH, Integer.parseInt(date[1]) - 1);
            calStart.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, Integer.parseInt(date[2]));
            calStart.set(Calendar.YEAR, Integer.parseInt(date[0]));
            calStart.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, Integer.parseInt(time[0]));
            calStart.set(Calendar.MINUTE, Integer.parseInt(time[1]));
            calStart.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);

            Date postDate = calStart.getTime();

            post_time = postDate.getTime();
        } catch (Exception ex) {
            Logger.err("fromJSON", ex);
        }

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 02 '14 at 16:41

I use something like this :

String getDateString(Date date) {
    Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    calendar.setTime(date);

    int year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    int month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    int day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
    int hour = calendar.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
    int minute = calendar.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
    int second = calendar.get(Calendar.SECOND);

    return new String(/*Any format you need*/);
}

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 23 '12 at 10:11

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There is no specific method in j2me to convert string to date. So, that is not possible at all.

answered Aug 23 '12 at 10:11

Kalai Selvan Ravi

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this can't be considered an answer, since it is possible, not with a predefined method but there are alternatives – Uriel Arvizu Jul 11 '14 at 17:14

String to date Format in j2me

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