How to format date and time in Android?

Question

How to format correctly according to the device configuration date and time when having a year, month, day, hour and minute?

Answer 1

Date to Locale date string:

Date date = new Date();
String stringDate = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(date);

Options:

   DateFormat.getDateInstance() 

- > Dec 31, 1969

   DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance() 

-> Dec 31, 1969 4:00:00 PM

   DateFormat.getTimeInstance() 

-> 4:00:00 PM