Android DatePicker year problem

Question

I have a DatePicker in my activity. I want to store the selected date when the user clicks a button like this.

Date selectedDate=new Date(dp.getYear(), dp.getMonth(), dp.getDayOfMonth());

the problem is when the selected date is like today's: Feb 15 2010

the date returned from the

selectedDate

is 3910-02-15, so the year is 3910 instead of 2011

what is wrong with this ?

Thanks

I know this is old, but the constructor I'm using here is deprecated, we can use the new Date(long date) instead: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/sql/Date.html#Date(long) — Mina Wissa, Feb 11 '16 at 09:31

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '11 at 09:48

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Code is looking fine, but i think when you are trying to display date in the format Feb 15 2010, at that time problem is being raised.

I suggest check the format that you are using to display your selectedDate.

So you can try as given below:

 txtViewDate.setText("Today is " + android.text.format.DateFormat.getLongDateFormat(this).format(new Date())); 
// in your case selectedDate instead of new Date()

answered Feb 15 '11 at 09:48

Paresh Mayani

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Thanks for the info, I realized that the constructor of the Date class requires that the year number minus 1900. – Mina Wissa Feb 15 '11 at 13:55

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '11 at 09:30

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Please take a look at the example

answered Feb 15 '11 at 09:30

Tanmay Mandal

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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 15 '11 at 13:58

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I got it, the problem is in the conversion of the selected year value to the date object then displaying it as a string. The date object constructor require the year value minus 1900.

answered Feb 15 '11 at 13:58

Mina Wissa

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Android DatePicker year problem

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