In Android all Date objects are given in this type of date format "Mon Dec 03 00:13:21 GMT+05:30 2018" when you convert it with SimpleDateFormat.
Is there any possibility of getting a Date object in the "dd-mm-yyyy" format in Android?
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Mihai Chelaru
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Vishal Mistry
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No, a `Date` cannot have a format. What you see is the return value from its `toString` method. As an aside consider throwing away the long outmoded and notoriously troublesome `SimpleDateFormat` and friends, and adding [ThreeTenABP](https://github.com/JakeWharton/ThreeTenABP) to your Android project in order to use `java.time`, the modern Java date and time API. It is so much nicer to work with. – Ole V.V. Dec 03 '18 at 10:46
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You could set the pattern on a SimpleDateFormat and format the date:
new SimpleDateFormat("dd-mm-yyyy").format(new Date());
Aaron
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Incorrect answer. You need to watch the case of your format pattern letters. – Ole V.V. Dec 03 '18 at 10:50
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You could convert Strings into Dates as the following:
String pattern = "dd-mm-yyyy";
SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
String strDate = simpleDateFormat.format(new Date());//firstly get formatted str
Date newDate = simpleDateFormat.parse(strDate);//then get date object with wanted format
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sir when i conver back string into date that date object get "Mon Dec 03 00:13:21 GMT+05:30 2018" – Vishal Mistry Dec 03 '18 at 04:07
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Incorrect answer. You need to watch the case of your format pattern letters. – Ole V.V. Dec 03 '18 at 10:50