How to convert date(String) into Date format(yyyy-MM-dd) in Android?

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Am getting current date using date picker. Using StringBuilder it displayed like this (10-08-2014) now I can able to get that in string using String selecteddate=datepick.getText().toString();

selecteddate=10-08-2014 but i need to store in database like this (2014-08-10). How to convert a string value(10-08-2014) inti string value(2014-08-10) ? Help me

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9872419/converting-string-to-date-using-simpledateformat Best Soluation — Naveen Tamrakar, Aug 28 '14 at 11:03
[DatePicker](https://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/DatePicker.html) don't have `getText()` method. What is `datepick`? — Sergey Glotov, Aug 28 '14 at 11:13
datepick is the `TextView` it is used for displaying date that picked form DatePicker — Sri, Aug 28 '14 at 11:19
you can use my snippet before setting text to TextView. I it is the answer for your question — Manikanta Ottiprolu, Aug 28 '14 at 11:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 28 '14 at 11:03

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Use SimpleDateFormat Class

Date d = Calendar.getInstance().getTime(); // Current time
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); // Set your date format
String currentData = sdf.format(d); // Get Date String according to date format

answered Aug 28 '14 at 11:03

NIlesh Sharma

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Hi, I get date from datepicker and set it to `textview` now i need to get that textview in string n then convert to this format(yyyy-MM-dd) – Sri Aug 28 '14 at 11:42

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 28 '14 at 11:06

 Date cDate = new Date();
 String fDate = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd").format(cDate);

You may use this also

and if you want to set selecteddate=10-08-2014 in yyyy-mm-dd format you can use

String s[] = selecteddate.split("-");
String newdate = s[2]+"-"+s[1]+"-"+s[0];

Manikanta Ottiprolu · Answer 3 · 2014-08-28T12:01:15.473

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Check this Code, It suits to your requirement.

      String date="10-08-2014";
        DateFormat df=new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
        Date d;
        try {
            d = df.parse(date);
            df=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
            String myDate = df.format(d);
           Log.i(TAG,myDate);
        } catch (ParseException e) {}

edited Aug 28 '14 at 12:01

answered Aug 28 '14 at 11:11

Manikanta Ottiprolu

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This is the perfect answer for you. No need to write anything new here. – Manikanta Ottiprolu Aug 28 '14 at 11:13
Hi, yeah its working fine d prints in `logcat` exactly what i expected but here i cont store d Date directly so i used string date=d.tostring(); but it showing date and time in american format. – Sri Aug 28 '14 at 11:55
I edited my answer. now you can save **myDate** in your DB. – Manikanta Ottiprolu Aug 28 '14 at 12:02

MSA · Answer 4 · 2014-08-28T11:47:04.157

Simple date format:

    Date date = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
    // Display a date in day, month, year format
    DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy MM dd");
    String today = formatter.format(date);
    System.out.println("Today : " + today);

Link for the code above: Simple Date Format

Code snippet: DatePicker example find more in the link below:

    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
    textView.setText(new StringBuilder()
    .append(year) .append(month + 1).append("-").append(day).append("-")
    .append(" "));

Here you can find a great example: Mkyong android-date-picker-example

How to convert date(String) into Date format(yyyy-MM-dd) in Android?

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