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Converting GMT to Local time format in android

I am new to android developer. I convert the GMT to local mobile time. I got am /pm issues in this code. After 6'o clock evening time . I got am in conversion.
sorry for my English. Advance thanks for help.
public String formatDate(String s)
{
String outputText=null;
try {
// Tue May 21 14:32:00 GMT 2012
String inputText =s;
SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd MMM yyyy HH:mm 'GMT'", Locale.US);
inputFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("Etc/UTC"));
if(android.text.format.DateFormat.is24HourFormat(CalloutAvalibality.this))
{
SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd,yy HH:mm");
// Adjust locale and zone appropriately
Date date = inputFormat.parse(inputText);
outputText= outputFormat.format(date)+" "+"Hrs";
System.out.println(outputText);
}
else
{
SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy hh:mm a");
// Adjust locale and zone appropriately
Date date = inputFormat.parse(inputText);
outputText= outputFormat.format(date);
// outputText=outputText.replace("AM","am");
// outputText=outputText.replace("PM","pm");
System.out.println(outputText);
}
} catch (ParseException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
return outputText;
}

datefomater.format() will return you a string which is converted to timezone you initially set with the formatter object.
datefomater.parse() will return you a Date object which is in you local timezone
The Date object will set to default timezone
TimeZone timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("America/Chicago");
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
formatter.setTimeZone(timeZone);
String result = formatter.format(YOUR_DATE_OBJECT);

Date format not working properly in Android

I am working on Android application in which I am saving and getting date from ORMLITE. I am using SimpleDateFormat for the formatting of the desire date, but except this pattern yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm it is not formatting it. My current date from server with desired dates with code is given below:
try {//EEEE , MMMM dd , yyyy hh:mm a
SimpleDateFormat mDBSDF = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
if(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("mLastMessageDate"))==null){//.equals("") ||cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("mLastMessageDate")).toString()==null){
mTxtLastMessageDate.setText("");
mTxtLastMessageLabel.setText("");
}else{
mTxtLastMessageDate.setText(mDBSDF.parse(cursor.getString(cursor.getColumnIndex("mLastMessageDate"))).toString());
}
}catch(Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
This is my server date:
2015-04-28 12:57:04.000297
After using above format i am getting this:
Tue Apr 28 12:57:04 GMT+04:00 2015
I want the pattern like this:
Tuesday, April 28, 2015 1:00 pm
Except above yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm format even if i am changing "-" to "," it is not working without any error

SimpleDateFormat.parse(String) returns a Date not a formatted String.
Use SimpleDateFormat.format(Date) instead.

Try this to format the date and time...
DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
Date date = new Date();
System.out.println(dateFormat.format(date));

Try this base on your requirement.
Input date as string
protected String dateFormat(String sqlDate) {
String strDate = "";
java.util.Date utilDate;
SimpleDateFormat sqlDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");//input format
try {
Calendar calTempDate = Calendar.getInstance();
calTempDate.setFirstDayOfWeek(Calendar.MONDAY);
utilDate = sqlDateFormat.parse(sqlDate);
calTempDate.setTime(utilDate);
strDate = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE MMMM dd,yyyy HH:mm a")
.format(calTempDate.getTime());//output format
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return strDate;
}

You can use this code to find out your solution.
SimpleDateFormat fromdateformate=new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
try {
Date date=fromdateformate.parse("2015-04-28 12:57:04.000297");
SimpleDateFormat todtaeFormate=new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE MMMM yyyy hh:mm aa");
String finaldate= todtaeFormate.format(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}

How to format date in Android in dd/mm/yy 00:00AM

How to format my date in Android. I have String which gets date in below format
String format = java.text.DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());
Output
25 Nov 2013 17:39:00
I want this to be converted in below format
dd/mm/yy 5:39PM
I am using below code to get Date. Also how to get that format into String ?

Using SimpleDateFormat class you can do it.
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy hh:mm");
String format = sdf.format(Calendar.getInstance().getTime());

please try follwing answer
SimpleDateFormat form = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss.SSS");
java.util.Date date = null;
try
{
date = form.parse("2011-03-27T09:39:01.607");
}
catch (ParseException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
SimpleDateFormat postFormater = new SimpleDateFormat("MMMMM dd, yyyy");
String newDateStr = postFormater.format(date);

I got it, This has to go like this
Date today = new Date();
SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
String date = DATE_FORMAT.format(today);
DATE_FORMAT = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yy hh:mm:ss aa");
date = DATE_FORMAT.format(today);

Convert a date and time string according to UTC format

I am having a date string 2012-11-21 13:11:25 which I get from local database. I have to convert this according to UTC settings and display it on a particular screen. So if its GMT+05:30 it should be displayed as 2012-11-21 18:41:25 on the screen. How can I do this conversion. I have checked some of the questions but that didn't work out.
I am able to get a Date object that returns something like Wed Nov 21 13:11:25 GMT+05:30 2012 after this I need to get the time as 18:41:25 and date as 11-21-2012
Thanks in advance

Your df and inputFmt must use the same format.
But I think you should do it like this:
Date myDate = new Date();
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
calendar.setTime(myDate);
Date time = calendar.getTime();
SimpleDateFormat outputFmt = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyy h:mm a zz");
String dateAsString = outputFmt.format(time);
System.out.println(dateAsString);

Get UTC from current time :
public String getCurrentUTC(){
Date time = Calendar.getInstance().getTime();
SimpleDateFormat outputFmt = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
outputFmt.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
return outputFmt.format(time);
}

Best way to get formatted string of Date in required format is
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US);
dateFormat.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
String formatted = dateFormat.format(date);

//This is my input date
String dtStart = "2019-04-24 01:22 PM";
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm a");
Date date = null;
try {
date = format.parse(dtStart);
getDateInUTC(date)
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
//This Method use for convert Date into some UTC format
public static String getDateInUTC(Date date) {
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss");
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
String dateAsString = sdf.format(date);
System.out.println("UTC" + dateAsString);
return dateAsString;
}

how to convert date format in android

I am getting date into string in YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS format.I want to change it into the mm/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss and also it will show AM and PM how can I do this.please help me
Thank you

To get AM PM and 12 hour date format use hh:mm:ss a as string formatter WHERE hh is for 12 hour format and a is for AM PM format.
Note: HH is for 24 hour and hh is for 12 hour date format
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");
String newFormat = formatter.format(testDate);
Example
String date = "2011/11/12 16:05:06";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/mm/dd HH:MM:SS");
Date testDate = null;
try {
testDate = sdf.parse(date);
}catch(Exception ex){
ex.printStackTrace();
}
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("mm/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");
String newFormat = formatter.format(testDate);
System.out.println(".....Date..."+newFormat);

You can use the SimpleDateFormat for the same kinds of any date operations.
SimpleDateFormat sourceFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss");
SimpleDateFormat DesiredFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:MM:SS a");
// 'a' for AM/PM
Date date = sourceFormat.parse("2012/12/31 03:20:20");
String formattedDate = DesiredFormat.format(date.getTime());
// Now formattedDate have current date/time
Toast.makeText(this, formattedDate, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

just use the Time class. Try something similar to this.
Time time = new Time();
time.set(Long.valueOf(yourTimeString));
If you really need a Date object just try this.
Date date = new Date(Long.parse(yourTimeString));

Use android.text.format.Time to the conversion. You can pass the time as text and it will return you the time in desired format by using timeInstance.format("");
you need to provide formatter.
Refer to following:
Time : http://developer.android.com/reference/android/text/format/Time.html
Formatter: http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/007908799/xsh/strftime.html
you can use any combination of formatter string to work with it :)

you can use SimpleDateFormat or DateFormat for this here is the example
SimpleDateFormat gsdf = new SimpleDateFormat("YYYY/MM/DD HH:mm:ss");
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss a");
try{
Date d = gsdf.parse("2011/12/13 16:17:00");
System.out.println("new date format " + sdf.format(d));
}catch(Exception){
// handle exception if parse time or another by cause
}

public static String getFormatedDate(String strDate, String sourceFormate,
String destinyFormate) {
SimpleDateFormat df;
df = new SimpleDateFormat(sourceFormate);
Date date = null;
try {
date = df.parse(strDate);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
df = new SimpleDateFormat(destinyFormate);
return df.format(date);
}
and use like
getFormatedDate(strDate,
"yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", "mm/dd/yyyy")