How to format date with day in Android?

Question

I want to set date in format like this,

Friday, March 4, 2012 3:15 AM

yes I am know about this

   SimpleDateFormat parseFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd,yyyy hh:mm a");
   Date date =new Date();
   String s = parseFormat.format(date);

but I don't know what is option to show day, please help me. Thanks!

Answer 1

     SimpleDateFormat parseFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("E MMMM dd,yyyy hh:mm a");
     Date date =new Date();
     String s = parseFormat.format(date);

Refer this for more details SimpleDateFormat

Answer 2

In your format string, use "E" for the short name (Sun, Mon, Tue, etc), or "EEEE" for the full words (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc).

Also, see here.

Answer 3

public static String currentDateTime(String dateInParse){
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMM dd,yyyy hh:mm a");
    Date date = null;
    try
    {
        date = sdf.parse(dateInParse);
    }
    catch(Exception ex)
    {
        ex.printStackTrace();
    }
    SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE MMMM dd,yyyy hh:mm a");
    String newFormat = formatter.format(date);

    return newFormat ;
}

here dateInParse is your date in string that format is like as sdf.

Answer 4

Simply use E as formatter

Ex:

SimpleDateFormat parseFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, MMMM dd,yyyy hh:mm a");