How can I get current date in Android

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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

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just one line code to get simple Date format :

SimpleDateFormat.getDateInstance().format(Date())

output : 18-May-2020

SimpleDateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(Date())

output : 18-May-2020 11:00:39 AM

SimpleDateFormat.getTimeInstance().format(Date())

output : 11:00:39 AM

Hope this answer is enough to get this Date and Time Format ... :)

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This is nothing to do with android as it is java based so you could use  private String getDateTime         DateFormat dateFormat   new SimpleDateFormat  yyyy MM dd HH mm ss       Date date   new Date        return dateFormat format date

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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    quot 04 05 2010 quot      SimpleDateFormat curFormater   new SimpleDateFormat  quot dd MM yyyy quot     Date dateObj   curFormater parse dateStr    SimpleDateFormat postFormater   new SimpleDateFormat  quot MMMM dd  yyyy quot       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  quot Current time   gt   quot    c    SimpleDateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  quot dd-MMM-yyyy quot   Locale getDefault     String formattedDate   df format c

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Calendar c   Calendar getInstance    int day   c get Calendar DAY OF MONTH   int month   c get Calendar MONTH   int year   c get Calendar YEAR   String date   day          month   1          year   Log i  TAG    --- gt     date

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try with this link of code this is absolute correct answer for all cases all over date and time  or customize date and time as per need and requirement of app   try with this link  try with this link

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String date   new SimpleDateFormat  yyyy-MM-dd   format new Date          import Date class as java util

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try this    SimpleDateFormat timeStampFormat   new SimpleDateFormat  yyyyMMddHHmmssSS    Date myDate   new Date    String filename   timeStampFormat format myDate

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CharSequence s    DateFormat getDateInstance   format  MMMM d  yyyy       You need an instance first

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A simple tweak to Paresh s solution   Date date   Calendar getInstance   getTime    SimpleDateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  dd-MMM-yyyy    String formattedDate   df format date

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You can use following code to get a date in the format you want   String date   String valueOf android text format DateFormat format  dd-MM-yyyy   new java util Date

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The simplest way to get the current date in current locale  device locale      String currentDate   DateFormat getDateInstance   format Calendar getInstance   getTime       If you want to have the date in different styles use getDateInstance int style    DateFormat getDateInstance DateFormat FULL  format Calendar getInstance   getTime       Other styles  DateFormat LONG  DateFormat DATE FIELD  DateFormat DAY OF YEAR FIELD  etc   use CTRL Space to see all of them   If you need the time too   String currentDateTime   DateFormat getDateTimeInstance DateFormat DEFAULT DateFormat LONG  format Calendar getInstance   getTime

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This is the code i used                Date date   new Date        to get the date              SimpleDateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  dd-MM-yyyy       getting date in this format              String formattedDate   df format date getTime                  text setText formattedDate

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The below code displays the both time and date  Calendar cal   Calendar getInstance    cal getTime   toString

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This method can use for to get current date from the system  public static String getCurrentDateAndTime        Date c   Calendar getInstance   getTime        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat   new SimpleDateFormat  quot yyyy MM dd quot        String formattedDate   simpleDateFormat format c       return formattedDate

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public static String getDateTime             SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat   new SimpleDateFormat  MMMM dd  yyyy HH mm ss   Locale getDefault             Date date   new Date            return simpleDateFormat format date

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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

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I am providing the modern answer   java time and ThreeTenABP  To get the current date       LocalDate today   LocalDate now ZoneId of  America Hermosillo       This gives you a LocalDate object  which is what you should use for keeping a date in your program  A LocalDate is a date without time of day   Only when you need to display the date to a user  format it into a string suitable for the user   s locale       DateTimeFormatter userFormatter               DateTimeFormatter ofLocalizedDate FormatStyle LONG       System out println today format userFormatter      When I ran this snippet today in US English locale  output was      July 13  2019   If you want it shorter  specify FormatStyle MEDIUM or even FormatStyle SHORT  DateTimeFormatter ofLocalizedDate uses the default formatting locale  so the point is that it will give output suitable for that locale  different for different locales   If your user has very special requirements for the output format  use a format pattern string       DateTimeFormatter userFormatter   DateTimeFormatter ofPattern               d-MMM-u   Locale forLanguageTag  ar-AE          13-   -2019   I am using and recommending java time  the modern Java date and time API  DateFormat  SimpleDateFormat  Date and Calendar used in the question and or many of the other answers  are poorly designed and long outdated  And java time is so much nicer to work with   Question  Can I use java time on Android   Yes  java time works nicely on older and newer Android devices  It just requires at least Java 6    In Java 8 and later and on newer Android devices  from API level 26  the modern API comes built-in  In Java 6 and 7 get the ThreeTen Backport  the backport of the modern classes  ThreeTen for JSR 310  see the links at the bottom   On  older  Android use the Android edition of ThreeTen Backport  It   s called ThreeTenABP  And make sure you import the date and time classes from org threeten bp with subpackages    Links   Oracle tutorial  Date Time explaining how to use java time  Java Specification Request  JSR  310  where java time was first described  ThreeTen Backport project  the backport of java time to Java 6 and 7  ThreeTen for JSR-310   ThreeTenABP  Android edition of ThreeTen Backport Question  How to use ThreeTenABP in Android Project  with a very thorough explanation

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This is the code I used   final Calendar c   Calendar getInstance    year   c get Calendar YEAR   month   c get Calendar MONTH   day   c get Calendar DAY OF MONTH       Set current date into textview tvDisplayDate setText new StringBuilder        append month   1  append  -      Month is 0 based  add 1      append day  append  -        append year  append     Today is      thursday          Set current date into datepicker dpResult init year  month  day  null

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Works like a charm and converts to String as a bonus     SimpleDateFormat currentDate   new SimpleDateFormat  dd MM yyyy          Date todayDate   new Date        String thisDate   currentDate format todayDate

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I wrote calendar app using CalendarView and it s my code   CalendarView cal    CalendarView  findViewById R id calendar   cal setDate new Date   getTime        calendar  field is my CalendarView  Imports   import android widget CalendarView  import java util Date    I ve got current date without errors

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Date c   Calendar getInstance   getTime    System out println  Current time   gt      c    SimpleDateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  dd-MMM-yyyy    String formattedDate   df format c     This one is the best answer

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Calendar cal   Calendar getInstance          Calendar dt   Calendar getInstance     dt clear    dt set cal get Calendar YEAR   cal get Calendar MONTH  cal get Calendar DATE     return dt getTime

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SimpleDateFormat df   new SimpleDateFormat  dd-MMM-yyyy    String date   df format Calendar getInstance   getTime

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public String giveDate         Calendar cal   Calendar getInstance        SimpleDateFormat sdf   new SimpleDateFormat  EEE  MMM d  yyyy        return sdf format cal getTime

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I ve already used this   Date What Is Today Calendar getInstance   getTime    SimpleDateFormat Dateformat   new SimpleDateFormat  dd-MM-yyyy    String Today Dateformatf format What Is Today    Toast makeText this Today Toast LENGTH LONG  show      at first I get time  then I declared a Simple Date Format  to get date like  19-6-2018  then I use format to change date to string

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public static String getcurrentDateAndTime             Date c   Calendar getInstance   getTime            SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat   new SimpleDateFormat  yyyy MM dd            String formattedDate   simpleDateFormat format c           return formattedDate            String currentdate   getcurrentDateAndTime

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In Kotlin https   www programiz com kotlin-programming examples current-date-time fun main args  Array lt String gt      val current   LocalDateTime now    val formatter   DateTimeFormatter ofPattern  quot yyyy-MM-dd HH mm ss SSS quot   val formatted   current format formatter   println  quot Current Date and Time is   formatted quot

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