how to create new line between dateformat

Question

i m creating date format like this :

SimpleDateFormat sdf =new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, EEE, h:mm a");

i need a new line between date, month and time something like this

thus ,sep 6
4:25pm

so i made the following changes :

SimpleDateFormat sdf =new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, EEE,"+"\n"+" h:mm a");

it did not give me anything just it created it in one line like this :

thus ,sep 6 4:25pm

so i took format object like this

SimpleDateFormat sdf =new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, EEE,");
SimpleDateFormat sdf1 =new SimpleDateFormat(" h:mm a");

and did this :

sdf.format(calendar.getTime())+"\n"+sdf1.format(calendar.getTime())

but it again gives the same result

thus ,sep 6 4:25pm

calendar is a Calendar object.Any help will be appreciated!!

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '14 at 08:39

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I see from one of your comments that your original solution actually works, but I had the same question when I came here, so let me add an answer to this question. (My formatting is a little different than yours.)

Date date = new Date(unixMilliseconds); 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM d, yyyy\nh:mma");
String formattedDate = sdf.format(date);

The \n in MMM d, yyyy\nh:mma works because neither the \ nor the n are interpreted by SimpleDateFormat (see documentation) and thus are passed on to the Java String. If they did have special meaning you could have used single quotes: MMM d, yyyy'\n'h:mma (which also works).

answered Oct 17 '14 at 08:39

Suragch

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you are right may be. Thanks for your answer. I will try it if i will face any situation similarly in future. :) – Android Killer Oct 19 '14 at 16:32
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Ok. The answer you marked as correct, though, seems to be wrong (the extra backslash is not needed before the n "\\n"). – Suragch Oct 20 '14 at 04:15

LaGrandMere · Answer 2 · 2012-09-06T14:52:17.133

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Don't use \n, use :

System.getProperty("line.separator");

to get the line separator.

I found another source which tells that you can use 
 to have a carriage return.

edited Sep 06 '12 at 14:52

answered Sep 06 '12 at 12:55

LaGrandMere

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i dont think it will work as System will not work android device or emulator. – Android Killer Sep 06 '12 at 14:00
@AndroidKiller I've looked at specific Android issues, and I found this : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/8693544/carriage-returns-line-breaks-with-n-in-strings-in-android – LaGrandMere Sep 06 '12 at 14:49
@AndroidKiller : added another possibility in Android. – LaGrandMere Sep 06 '12 at 14:52
@ LaGrandMere i think that can also be used in htmlo only. – Android Killer Sep 06 '12 at 15:11
@LaGrandMere The worked for me. I've been searching for a solution for a while. Thanks! – Bonnev Oct 31 '19 at 14:59

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 12:56

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If you're displaying to an HTML view, you will want to make sure you use an HTML line break <br/>, instead of \n.

answered Sep 06 '12 at 12:56

mprivat

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i am displaying in android device. – Android Killer Sep 06 '12 at 13:35
What type of view are you sending your text to? Obviously, whatever it is, it doesn't support the `\n` character. You might want to try the "\n\r" as well. – mprivat Sep 06 '12 at 14:38

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 06 '12 at 14:38

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I think Android literally needs \n to appear in the string, not an actual newline character. So, you need to escape the backslash in your Java string, so something like this:

String output = "Thus ,Sep 6" + "\\n" + "4:25pm";

answered Sep 06 '12 at 14:38

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i need different time always cant use ur hard-coded value and also i tried using 2 back slashes – Android Killer Sep 06 '12 at 15:09
simple '\n' works.May be there was some problem with my JSON i am storing this into.My first way started working correctly after i took the same code inside another class.Thanks anyway.. – Android Killer Sep 09 '12 at 15:54

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 12:55

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Are you sure, that the \n disappears? At least your last try cannot have anything to do with the date format. Do you per chance create your output for a web page and should use <br /> instread of \n?

answered Sep 06 '12 at 12:55

Ridcully

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Guys i am displaying in android device. – Android Killer Sep 06 '12 at 13:34
Ah, well then you have to make sure that TextView is set to multi-line! – Ridcully Sep 06 '12 at 18:25
For example see second answer to this question: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6674578/multiline-textview-in-android – Ridcully Sep 06 '12 at 18:26
thanks i have already seen that post.not working for me. its cutting some text.:( – Android Killer Sep 06 '12 at 18:38
Could you post the code of your layout please? So I can see where you want the text to go? – Ridcully Sep 06 '12 at 19:55

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