Date format retrieved from a service

Question

I'm working on getting Json objects from a service to a List View in Android... the date format looks like this "/Date(1354222800000+0300)/" ... how can I change it to a readable format?

for (int i = 0; i < json.length(); i++) {

    HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>();
    JSONObject e = json.getJSONObject(i);
    map.put("mDate", "" + e.getString("mDate"));
    mylist.add(map);

}

is there on documentation what this format means? [+0300 quite sure means GMT + 3h] — MrSmith42, Dec 30 '12 at 16:48
use "substring" to extract the datetimemillis (always 13 numbers) or use regexp. — gezdy, Dec 30 '12 at 16:59
i found this answer http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7103792/convert-json-date-in-the-mm-dd-yyyy-format — Hussam Ali Alzoubi, Dec 30 '12 at 18:00

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 30 '12 at 17:40

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This is the MS JSON date format.

Use:

var myDate = new Date(parseInt(String(dateString).substr(6)));

answered Dec 30 '12 at 17:40

bnieland

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yeah, i know it in java script :) but im new in android development and i want to change the format into java... thanks for your answer – Hussam Ali Alzoubi Dec 30 '12 at 17:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '12 at 08:29

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    String mDate = getFormattedDate(e.getString("JSON OBJECT"));

    private String getFormattedDate(String stringDate) throws JSONException {
    String strDate = stringDate.replace("/Date(", "").replace(")/", "");

    strDate = strDate.substring(0, strDate.indexOf("+"));
    Long longDate = Long.parseLong(strDate, 10);
    Date mDate = new Date(longDate);

    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy");
    String formattedDate = sdf.format(mDate);

    return formattedDate;
}

answered Dec 31 '12 at 08:29

Hussam Ali Alzoubi

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This is how i found a solution to format a JSON Date to a readable format, :) :) :) – Hussam Ali Alzoubi Dec 31 '12 at 08:31
JSONObject e = json.getJSONObject(i); – Hussam Ali Alzoubi Dec 31 '12 at 08:33

Date format retrieved from a service

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