Android Utililty Methods Date Get

List of utility methods to do Date Get

Description

The list of methods to do Date Get are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringgetCurrentDateYearMonthDateHourMinuteSecond()
get Current Date Year Month Date Hour Minute Second
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
SimpleDateFormat toDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
        "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
return toDateFormat.format(calendar.getTime());
DatecreateDate(final int month, final int day, final int year)
Create a Date object with the specified date.
final Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.MONTH, month - 1);
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);
cal.set(Calendar.YEAR, year);
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
...
StringgetDate(int year, int month)
get Date
String date = null;
String a = String.valueOf(year);
String b = String.valueOf(month);
if (month > 9) {
    date = a + b;
} else {
    date = a + "0" + b;
return date;
DategetDateFromString(String dateString)
get Date From String
if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(dateString)) {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT);
    try {
        return sdf.parse(dateString);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
return null;
StringgetCurrentlyDate()
get Currently Date
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd");
return dateFormat.format(new Date());
DategetDate(int day, int month, int year)
get Date
return getCalendar(day, month, year).getTime();