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How to set date limit in date picker

In my application i have to show dates 5 years back dates from current date like example today is 4th July 2016 but in my date picker it will show as 4th July 2011 and user can not choose date after 4th July 2011 but can choose before 4th July 2011 and backwards.
I have seen some examples like Click here
DatePickerDialog mDate = new DatePickerDialog(DatePicker.this, date, year, month, day);
maxDate = Calendar.getInstance();
maxDate.add(Calendar.YEAR, -5);
mDate.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(maxDate.getTimeInMillis());
mDate.show();
I have tried this and its working perfectly from January 1900 to July 4 2011 but one thing i want that is when i click the date in calendar it shows January 1900 all i want is when i click it it should show from July 2011 and then backward dates.

Solution-1
You can just set :
long years4 = 126144000; //4 years in seconds
long years_millis4 = years4*1000; //4 years in milliseconds, which is required format in date picker
dateDialog.getDatePicker().setMaxDate((new Date().getTime())-years_millis4);
where dateDialog is a
new DatePickerDialog()
and the param type to set for MaxDate and MinDate is a long
Hope this works for your case.
Apart from this you can add listeners to your date picker using which you can prompt user in case he chooses any date other than the required ones.
Solution 2
You can implement your custom date picker using spinners and custom dates as the list in the spinners. Apply proper conversions while getting the input.
Make sure that java.util.Date.getTime() method returns how many milliseconds have passed since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT.

Android Date & TimePicker Condition

how to disable the past date and time in android date-picker and time-picker so that user cannot select the date which has already passed and same with the time ?? please suggest me, It should be valid for future date only.

public void setMinDate (long minDate)
Added in API level 11 Sets the minimal date supported by this
NumberPicker in milliseconds since January 1, 1970 00:00:00 in
getDefault() time zone.
Parameters
minDate The minimal supported date.
Source: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/DatePicker.html#setMinDate(long)

Converting milliseconds to Date object

I am having following code to convert milliseconds to Android Date object.
Date dateObj = new Date(milli);
But problem is that my milliseconds value is having GMT value added in it before i pass it to Date class, add when i print this date object i can see that date object is again adding GMT value in the milliseconds value and because of that my date is displayed as wrong.
So how can i generate Date object with out considering GMT value in it.
For example my milliseconds are 1385569800000 which is getting printed as below:
Wed, 27 Nov 2013 22:00:00 --> +5.30
But the current value of this time stamp without adding GMT is:
Wed, 27 Nov 2013 16:30:00
*UPDAE*
It is not just about printing the date in right format and with right date time.
But i want to use that date object to schedule TimeTask.
So basically i want to create Date object which has proper date time value in it with out adding extra GMT time added in it.

A Date is always in UTC. No need to change that.
When printing the date value, use SimpleDateFormat and call setTimeZone() on it before formatting the output string.
It is not just about printing the date in right format and with right date time.
But i want to use that date object to schedule TimeTask.
TimerTask is just a task and not its scheduling. Timer accepts a Date object for scheduling. The Date is in UTC there as well.

try my code if you a
long currentTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getDefault();
Calendar cal = GregorianCalendar.getInstance(tz);
int offsetInMillis = tz.getOffset(cal.getTimeInMillis());
currentTime -= offsetInMillis;
Date date = new Date(currentTime);
it is work for me

You can try with joda-time API.
Joda-Time provides a quality replacement for the Java date and time classes. The design allows for multiple calendar systems, while still providing a simple API. The 'default' calendar is the ISO8601 standard which is used by XML. The Gregorian, Julian, Buddhist, Coptic, Ethiopic and Islamic systems are also included, and we welcome further additions. Supporting classes include time zone, duration, format and parsing.
http://joda-time.sourceforge.net/key_instant.html

A Date object simply represents a moment in time. Imagine you're on the phone to someone on a different continent, and you say "3...2...1...NOW!". That "NOW" is the same moment for both of you, even though for one person it's 9am and for the other it's 4pm.
You're creating a Date representing the moment 1385569800000 milliseconds after the Java epoch (the beginning of 1970, GMT). That is your "NOW", and it's fixed and unchanging. What it looks like converted into text, however, depends on which timezone you want to display it for. Java defaults to using GMT, which would be right if you were in Britain during the winter, but for (I'm guessing) India you want it in a different time zone. Laalto's answer shows you how to do that.

here is the code,that worked like charm for me:
public static String getDate(long milliSeconds, String dateFormat)
{
// Create a DateFormatter object for displaying date in specified format.
DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat);
// Create a calendar object that will convert the date and time value in milliseconds to date.
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(milliSeconds);
return formatter.format(calendar.getTime());
}

How do I set the date for a date picker?

I use DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener that's works fine.
I want to add date for 120 days in date picker.
What I mean is if I add 120 days, the date and month will be change automatically.
How to do it?

Something like this should do the trick:
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(datepick.getYear(), datepick.getMonth() + 1, datepick.getDayOfMonth());
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, 120);
datepick.updateDate(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR), cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) - 1, cal.get(Calendar.DATE));

Make sure you create a date object with 120 days added (see this topic on how to do that) and use that to populate your datepicker, either on initialization or when changed. I'm not really sure what you are trying to achieve however the latter doesn't seem right usability wise. In that case I would create an extra textfield that represents the +120 days date.

Set Date Programmatically by using UpdateDate
datePickerDialog.UpdateDate(selectedDate ?? DateTime.Now);

Android Trying to compare a date with the current date, but does not work

I have a simple test program where I create a date object as
Date g=new Date(2011, 4, 2);
now this should be less then today, so
if ( now.getTime()>g.getTime() )
Toast.makeText(this, "here.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
the if then does not go off?
I checked my android emulater and has a date as
May 2, 2011
do I wrote the following code
Date g=new Date(2011, 3, 2);
Date now=new Date();
long b=g.getTime();
long a=now.getTime();
and b is bigger then a, how????
Ted

When using the 3-argument Date constructor (which is deprecated), the year parameter is the number of years since 1900, so when you pass 2011 you're actually getting 3911.
http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/util/Date.html

Use the Calendar object:
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar()