Displays a passed in Date value (date only) according to the preferred date format - Android java.util

Android examples for java.util:Date Format

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Description

Displays a passed in Date value (date only) according to the preferred date format

Demo Code

import android.content.Context;
import android.util.Log;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;
import java.util.Locale;

public class Main{

    /**/* w w w .  j ava 2 s  .  c o m*/
     * Displays a passed in Date value (date only) according to the preferred date format.
     * @param context The Context that will be passed into the getDefaultSharedPreferences routine.
     * @param date The Date that will be displayed.
     * @return A String value that represents the passed in date according to the preferred format.
     * @see DateUtil#displayDateTime(android.content.Context,
     * java.util.Date) displayDateTime returns a formatted string that includes the time value.
     */
    public static String displayDate(Context context, Date date) {
        //        SharedPreferences sharedPref = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context);
        //        String dateFormat = sharedPref.getString(SettingsActivity.PREF_DATE_FORMAT, "MM/dd/yyyy");
        //        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, Locale.US);
        //        return sdf.format(date);
        return android.text.format.DateFormat.getDateFormat(context)
                .format(date);
    }

}

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