How can I get current date in Android?

Question

I wrote the following code

Date d = new Date(); CharSequence s  = DateFormat.format("MMMM d, yyyy ", d.getTime()); 

But is asking me parameter, I want current date in string format,

like

28-Dec-2011 

so that I can set over TextView,

explain a bit, if you think something is necessary, I am new to Android Development.

Answer 1

You can use the SimpleDateFormat class for formatting date in your desired format.

Just check this link where you get an idea for your example.

For example:

String dateStr = "04/05/2010";    SimpleDateFormat curFormater = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");  Date dateObj = curFormater.parse(dateStr);  SimpleDateFormat postFormater = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd, yyyy");    String newDateStr = postFormater.format(dateObj);  

Update:

The detailed example is here, I would suggest you go through this example and understand the concept of SimpleDateFormat class.

Final Solution:

Date c = Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); System.out.println("Current time => " + c);  SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy", Locale.getDefault()); String formattedDate = df.format(c); 

Answer 2

Its simple one line code for get current Date in this yyyy-MM-dd format you can use your format that you want :

String date = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd", Locale.getDefault()).format(new Date());