SimpleDateFormat and Date object

Question

In my android app I retrieve from an api the current day as.

   long dateTime = innerJSON.getLong("dt");

   Date weekDay = new Date(dateTime * 1000L);

   SimpleDateFormat outFormat = new  
   SimpleDateFormat("EEEE");
   String day = outFormat.format(weekDay);

And I get the current day ie Monday.

For the date I use the same Date object but with a different SimpleDateFormat object.

  SimpleDateFormat outFormat1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-M-yyyy");
  String date = outFormat1.format(weekDay);

And that gives me,

  28-5-2016

which is fine. However, I want the date to have a format of

  28 May

Any ideas on that? I checked the official orarcle's site,but I can't find a solution.

Thanks,

Theo.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 28 '16 at 09:30

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You need to use dd MMM format here.

More details provided here in official documentation.

SimpleDateFormat outFormat1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM");
String date = outFormat1.format(weekDay);

answered May 28 '16 at 09:30

Alex Chengalan

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score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited May 28 '16 at 09:35

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Try this

SimpleDateFormat outFormat1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM");

you will get the output you required.

edited May 28 '16 at 09:35

Chirag Ghori

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answered May 28 '16 at 09:33

Deepu

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 28 '16 at 09:29

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haha. That was easy.

SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM");

It's summer now and sunny,so I can't concetrate:):)

answered May 28 '16 at 09:29

Theo

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SimpleDateFormat and Date object

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