Convert date format to different date format in android

Question

In my application i want to change date format. In my application getting the date like this 04/07/20. But in my application I want to display like this 07, April 20. For that I using the following code

try {
       String date="04/07/20"
       SimpleDateFormat spf = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yy")
       Date newDate = spf.parse(date);
       SimpleDateFormat new_spf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM, yy");
       date = new_spf.format(newDate);
        System.out.println(date);
      } catch (Exception e) {

        }

But the output getting like this 07 January, 20, But I need 07 April, 20.

Can you share the suggestions for this one.

Thanks In Advance.

Your requirement nd your result seems similar! How you want the result? Whats the difference in Jan and April dates? — Prajwal Waingankar, Apr 07 '20 at 11:38
here getting January instead of April. The actual date is 04/07/20 if I changed the date format date should be 07 April, 20, but the output getting 07 January, 20. — rams, Apr 07 '20 at 11:43
I recommend you don’t use `SimpleDateFormat` and `Date`. Those classes are poorly designed and long outdated, the former in particular notoriously troublesome. Instead use `LocalDate` and `DateTimeFormatter`, both from [java.time, the modern Java date and time API](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/datetime/). — Ole V.V., Apr 11 '20 at 14:43

score 3 · Accepted Answer · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

You mixed:

mm  =  minutes

with

MM  =  months

So you have to change from:

SimpleDateFormat spf = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yy");

in to:

SimpleDateFormat spf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");

When you print before changes:

System.out.println(newDate);

You will receive:

 Tue Jan 07 00:04:00 WET 2020
               /\
               ||
               ||
          your minutes

Full working example

(with better naming)

try {
    String inputDate = "04/07/20";
    SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yy");

    Date parsedDate = inputFormat.parse(inputDate);
    SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMMM, yy");

    inputDate = outputFormat.format(parsedDate);
    System.out.println(inputDate);
} catch (Exception e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

Convert date format to different date format in android

1 Answers1

You mixed:

So you have to change from:

Full working example