Android format date to MM-DD-YYYY from Datepicker

Question

I have a datepicker. My app is pushing a notification. I want to display the date in 01-07-2013 MM-dd-yyyy format. Please check my code below:

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Answer 1

I want to display the date in 01-07-2013 MM-dd-yyyy format.

yes you can Do this by Below Steps.

Step 1: you First have to Convert your String to Particular Date Format

Step 2: Using SimpleDateFormat Convert your Date to MM-dd-yyyy format

Step 3: Convert to String and Use it.

you can User Below Code for this.

 public class DateFormat {

   public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Put here what your are getting as String
    String mytime="Jan 7, 2013"; 
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
            "MMM dd, yyyy"); //Step1: Convert yout String to perticular Date Formate according to your Date String your are getting
    Date myDate = null;
    try {
        myDate = dateFormat.parse(mytime);

    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    //Step2
    SimpleDateFormat timeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd-yyyy");
    String finalDate = timeFormat.format(myDate); 
    //Step3: Here you will get your Final Date. Set your String now to textview.
       }
}

Hope it will help you.