How to get date time stamp in android?

Question

java.text.DateFormat dateFormat = android.text.format.DateFormat.getDateFormat(getApplicationContext());
String date = dateFormat.format(new Date());

Currently i can use this code to get time in dd/mm/yyyy format.

what i would like to get is date and time with no formatting..so for

15/04/2011 12:00:00 i want :

15042011120000

?

Answer 1

You can use the SimpleDateFormat class:

SimpleDateFormat s = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyyyyhhmmss");
String format = s.format(new Date());

Answer 2

You can create your own DateFormat object (store it statically) and use that in the same way:

dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("ddMMyyyyHHmmss");
String date = dateFormat.format(new Date());