From timestamp to Date Android

Question

Good day, I have timestamp 1481709600 and I would like to have this time format Wed, 14 Dec 2016

I'm trying to do that using:

private String getDateFromTimeStamp(Integer dt) {
            Date date = new Date (dt);
            return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss yyyy ").format(date);
}

but the current output is Sun Jan 18 05:35:09 GMT+02:00 1970

I think the date format is wrong, which one I need to use ?

Thank you!

Update

the problem is that the year day and month is wrong, It should be 14 Dec 2016 instead of Jan 18 1970

sushildlh · Accepted Answer · 2021-05-28T20:05:59.403

Problem is your timeStamp is in seconds , so convert your timeStamp into millisec and then use the date format function ...

try this one ...

JAVA

 private String getDate(long time) {
        Date date = new Date(time*1000L); // *1000 is to convert seconds to milliseconds
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy "); // the format of your date
        sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT-4"));
    
        return sdf.format(date);;
    }

Kotlin

fun getDate(time:Long):String {
            var date:Date = Date(time*1000L); // *1000 is to convert seconds to milliseconds
            var sdf:SimpleDateFormat  = SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy "); // the format of your date
            sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT-4"));
    
        return sdf.format(date);
    }

Output:- like this

Note:- EEE is represent as Day in Week ,MMM is represent as Month in words and so on ..

Salmaan · Answer 2 · 2016-12-14T09:59:13.090

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You can make any combination if you read this
You need to use EEE, d MMM yyyy

Update

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy");
sdf.format(new Date(1481709600));

edited Dec 14 '16 at 09:59

answered Dec 14 '16 at 09:43

Salmaan

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 14 '16 at 09:42

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the dateformat is wrong; you have to use the

 new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, d MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z").format(date);

answered Dec 14 '16 at 09:42

gauss

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use long instead of integer – gauss Dec 14 '16 at 10:02

Deepak Sachdeva · Answer 4 · 2016-12-14T09:47:27.473

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Try this method to get data. Put the time in setTimeInMillis as long and not as int

private String getDate(long time) {
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH);
    cal.setTimeInMillis(time);
    String date = DateFormat.format("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss yyyy ", cal).toString();
    return date;
}

edited Dec 14 '16 at 09:47

answered Dec 14 '16 at 09:43

Deepak Sachdeva

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@VLeonovs 1481709600*1000 then it gives you correct date. I already have mentioned you setTimeInMillis. – Deepak Sachdeva Dec 14 '16 at 10:05

SaravInfern · Answer 5 · 2016-12-14T09:46:03.497

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try this

private String getDateFromTimeStamp(long time) {
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH);
        cal.setTimeInMillis(time);
        String date = DateFormat.format("EEE MMM dd hh:mm:ss yyyy ", cal).toString();
        return date;
    }

edited Dec 14 '16 at 09:46

answered Dec 14 '16 at 09:44

SaravInfern

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@VLeonovs what is the timestamp you are passing. the mistake that you have done is , you have used `Integer` value as the parameter which should be `long` datatype that is y u where getting 1970 as the year, try the code above and revert if you are getting same output – SaravInfern Dec 14 '16 at 09:53

score 0 · Answer 6 · edited Nov 19 '17 at 23:37

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This works for me:

val currentDay = Date()
    val day = currentDay.time
    Logger.i("currentDay = $currentDay and day : $day ")

    val c = Calendar.getInstance()
    c.timeInMillis = day
    val d = c.time
    val sdf = SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm")

    Logger.i("meDate : ${sdf.format(d)}")

edited Nov 19 '17 at 23:37

t j

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answered Nov 19 '17 at 23:08

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From timestamp to Date Android

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