Android: Passing Date in putExtra

Question

I\'m launching an activity and would like to pass a Date(Time) value to it. I\'ve passed all my other parameters with i.putExtra(\"noteName\", \"Hello Wor

Answer 1

Use date.getTime() and date.setTime() and transfer it as a Long.

i.putExtra("date", date.getTime());

Date d = new Date();
d.setTime(i.getLongExtra("date", -1));

Answer 2

Instead of

i.putExtra("date", date.getTime());
Date d = new Date();
d.setTime(i.getLongExtra("date", -1));

USE : if you are using Calendar instead of Date to get the long value

i.putExtra("date", date.getTime().getTime); 
Date d = new Date();
d.setTime(i.getLongExtra("date", -1));

Answer 3

better convert into a long, use putExtra(String name, long value) and recreate then back in the new Activity.

Answer 4

I've simply used

i.putExtra("noteDate",myDate);

and then on the activity I used:

Date dt = new Date(extras.getString("noteDate"));

and it works like a charm!? Is this dangerous? To assume the date will always be parsed correctly on all devices?