Adding date value to ArrayList in Android

Question

From a web service I am getting a date value like "2011-05-31T00:00:00.000+03:00" and I want to add it into an arrayList(String). How can I parse it to String and write it like "31.05.2011" to the array?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 04 '13 at 11:14

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DateFormat df1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSXXX");
Date date = df1.parse("2011-05-31T00:00:00.000+03:00")

DateFormat df2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy");
String newDateString = df2.format(date);

answered Feb 04 '13 at 11:14

Georgy Gobozov

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you make something wrong, edit your question and add your code to add string to arraylist – Georgy Gobozov Feb 07 '13 at 15:05
ok I changed "SSSXXX" to "SSSZ" and worked but "newDataString" gets 30.05.2011 instead of 31.05.2011 – arenko Feb 07 '13 at 15:24
I just have tried and new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS"); returned newDateString = 31.05.2011 – Georgy Gobozov Feb 07 '13 at 15:39
yeah that Z letter made difference now its working, thanks. Do you know why these Z, X letters change the output? – arenko Feb 07 '13 at 16:25

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 06 '14 at 13:28

Use this function:

public String getMydate(String mydate){
    try{
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSSZ", Locale.US);
        Date date = sdf.parse(mydate);

        SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd.MM.yyyy", Locale.US);
        return sdf2.format(date);
    }catch(Exception e){
        return null;
    }
}

And check it with:

    String val = "2011-05-31T00:00:00.000+03:00";
    String res = getMydate(val);

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '13 at 11:09

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Use SimpleDateFormat check the API: http://developer.android.com/reference/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

answered Feb 04 '13 at 11:09

EvZ

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Adding date value to ArrayList in Android

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