How to convert Date to a particular format in android?

Question

\"Mar 10, 2016 6:30:00 PM\" This is my date and I want to convert this into \"10 Mar 2016\". Can I use SimpleDateFormat in android. I am not getting the exact pattern to con

Answer 1

For the sake of completeness, here is the modern version. This is for anyone reading this who either uses Java 8 or later or is happy with a (good and futureproof) external library.

    String date = "Mar 10, 2016 6:30:00 PM";
    DateTimeFormatter parseFormatter 
            = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMM d, uuuu h:mm:ss a", Locale.ENGLISH);
    DateTimeFormatter newFormatter 
            = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("d MMM uuuu", Locale.ENGLISH);
    date = LocalDateTime.parse(date, parseFormatter).format(newFormatter);
    System.out.println(date);

This prints the desired

10 Mar 2016

Please note the use of explicit locale for both DateTimeFormatter objects. “Mar” and “PM” both are in English, so neither the parsing nor the formatting will work unless some English-speaking locale is used. By giving it explicitly we are making the code robust enough to behave as expected also on computers and JVMs with other default locales.

To use the above on Android, use ThreeTenABP, please see How to use ThreeTenABP in Android Project. On other Java 6 and 7 use ThreeTen Backport.