How to remove date from DatePicker toString method?

Question

I have just started learning android through Android's big nerd ranch guide. I have written a simple program in android that let's user select a date. While printing the date using getDate().toString() method, I am also getting the Time. I want to remove that time column. So far, I have tried passing back datePicker, date, month, or year through an intent, but its not working. This is what my Code for DatePicker looks like:

public Dialog onCreateDialog(Bundle savedInstanceState)
    {
       // super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        date=(Date) getArguments().getSerializable(Extra_Tag);
        Calendar calendar=Calendar.getInstance();
        calendar.setTime(date);
        int year=calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
        int month=calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
        int day=calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);

        View view=getActivity().getLayoutInflater().inflate(R.layout.date_picker, null);
         DatePicker datePicker= (DatePicker) view.findViewById(R.id.date_button);
        datePicker.init(year, month, day, new DatePicker.OnDateChangedListener() {
            @Override
            public void onDateChanged(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) {
                date=new GregorianCalendar(year,monthOfYear,dayOfMonth).getTime();
                getArguments().putSerializable(Extra_Tag,date);
            }
        });
        return new AlertDialog.Builder(getActivity()).setView(view).setTitle(R.string.date_picker).setPositiveButton(android.R.string.ok, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
            @Override
            public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
                sendResult(Activity.RESULT_OK);
            }
        }).create();
    }
    private void sendResult(int resultCode)
    {
        if(getTargetFragment()==null)
        {
            return;
        }
        Intent i=new Intent();
        i.putExtra(Extra_Tag,date);
        getTargetFragment().onActivityResult(getTargetRequestCode(),resultCode,i);

    }

Here's the calling activity looks like:

public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,Intent data)
{
    if(resultCode!= Activity.RESULT_OK)
        return;
    if(requestCode==Request_code)
    {
        Date date=(Date) data.getSerializableExtra(Extra_Tag);
        crime.setDate(date);
        dateButton.setText(crime.getDate().toString());
    }
}

For Instance, this is what sample output looks like Fri JUL 17 22:46:42 CDT 2015. My motive is to just display the date by removing the time. Please Explain in Detail. Thank you

Here you will know how to get the needed format http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4772425/format-date-in-java — Mohamed, Jul 18 '15 at 04:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 18 '15 at 04:49

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You can convert your date by writing just two lines

For Example

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); 
// Set your date format
String currentData = sdf.format(date);

answered Jul 18 '15 at 04:49

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 18 '15 at 05:17

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try using

 Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
 SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
 String todayDate = df.format(c.getTime());

answered Jul 18 '15 at 05:17

Amir K. Zarini

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How to remove date from DatePicker toString method?

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