Android Date and Time Format

Question

I have a sample date format Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:33:43 +0000

In Android, I am using this statement String now = new Date().toGMTString();

Answer 1

Follow @MByD, except try this:

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm:ss Z");
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT");
String formattedDate = dateFormat.format(yourDateInstance);