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how to convert a date dd / mm / yyyy to yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss Android

How can I convert a date in dd / mm / yyyy to a format that supports sqlite yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH: mm: ss for example: public static String convertStringToData(String stringData) throws ParseException { SimpleDateFormat sdf = new…
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Change String date format and set into TextView in Android?

I want to change my date format that is in as String date ="29/07/13"; But it is showing me the error of *Unparseable date: "29/07/2013" (at offset 2)* I want to get date in this format 29 Jul 2013. Here is my code that i am using to change the…
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Android DateUtils flags explained

I am using getRelativeTimeSpanString (long time, long now, long minResolution, int flags) to calculate a relative date. The docs say that flags is "a bit mask of formatting options, such as FORMAT_NUMERIC_DATE or FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE". However,…
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Formatting date & time according to user's locale & preferences with seconds

I am attempting to get a formatted date (year, month, date) and time (hour, minute, second) string according to the user's settings. This post in the Android Developers Google Group describes the precise problem I am having, but no one helped that…
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Specifically using DateUtils, how do I format a numeric date with no year

I want to format a date string to not have a year (Ex: "1/4"). int flags = DateUtils.FORMAT_NUMERIC_DATE | DateUtils.FORMAT_NO_YEAR; The above flags still append a year to the date (Ex: "1/4/2016"). How do I drop the year?
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customize android Date like twitter and instagram news feed

how can I customize the date format in an android development to be like that of twitter and instagram. What i have below my current code, but I don't like the format it produces like "11 minutes ago" or "34 minutes ago". I prefer the twitter format…
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Display relative date with custom format in Android

I want to translate a date to human readable format. I am using DateUtils. getRelativeDateTimeString, but this does not fit the criteria. The output I am getting looks like: 1 hour, 15 min. ago, etc. I want to know if it is possible to change the…
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How to update relative time in recyclerview?

I have a RecyclerView that displays items with a title, text and last edit time. In the RecyclerView adapter's onBindViewHolder I use getRelativeTimeSpanString and compare the note object's time to current time: @Override public void…
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How can I obtain a relative time string with a three-letter month?

I am using this code to get a relative time in my app: DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString( mReferenceTime, now, DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS, DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_RELATIVE ); It is returning everything correctly,…
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DateUtils getRelativeTimeSpanString isn't returning time in "X seconds ago"

I am using the getRelativeTimeSpanString(...) to get time back in X seconds ago X hours ago etc. However, when the difference between the two times is short - minutes or seconds, then it is returning in 10 hours instead of X minutes ago Here is how…
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How to get only the year from DateUtils

How do i get only the year part of a date using DateUtils ? I tried using DateUtils.FORMAT_SHOW_YEAR but this seems to return even the month and date.
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Android Java.DateUtils how to change date format?

I'm using the following: DateUtils.getRelativeDateTimeString(context, created, DateUtils.MINUTE_IN_MILLIS, DateUtils.WEEK_IN_MILLIS, DateUtils.FORMAT_ABBREV_MONTH); It shows the date in a US format (MM.dd.yy). How can I change it to…
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How to always get minutes from DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString?

I need to display text like "2 hours, 31 minutes ago". I'm not attached to the format, it can be different. I wonder if I could do it with android.text.format.DateUtils. So far I only partially succeeded with this: val timePart =…
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How to show future date using DateUtils

I'm creating app. It's a news list where on every news I need to show date, e.g. 9 hours ago or 1 month ago and so on. Also I have future news, so I need also to show e.g. after 1 month. So I'm using DateUtils.getRelativeTimeSpanString() for this…
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getRelativeDateTimeString with day of week?

Is there any option to get getRelativeDateTimeString in day of week. Means if the date is within 7 days show it as Mon, 7:14am instead of 4 days ago, 7:14 am DateUtils.getRelativeDateTimeString(context, datewithTime.getTime(),…
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