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setMaxDate to DatePickerDialog

Hi I implemented a DatePickerDialog but I want to set range, I found setMinDate and setMaxDate, but I don't know how to put values. I want to set the calendar for a user of min age 18 and max age 100; I think it's about calculations into milliseconds.
final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
DatePickerDialog dpd = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), AlertDialog.THEME_DEVICE_DEFAULT_LIGHT, this, year, month, day);
dpd.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(max);
return dpd;
I don't know what value I have to put to max to do 2016 - 18.

Use this code, to set maximum date and minimum date from current date.
Calendar minCal = Calendar.getInstance();
minCal.set(Calendar.YEAR, minCal.get(Calendar.YEAR) - 100);
Calendar maxCal = Calendar.getInstance();
maxCal.set(Calendar.YEAR, maxCal.get(Calendar.YEAR) - 18);
dialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(minCal.getTimeInMillis());
dialog.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(maxCal.getTimeInMillis());

I guess this is what you need:
final Calendar maxc = Calendar.getInstance();
int year = maxc.get(Calendar.YEAR);
maxc.set(Calendar.YEAR,year-18);
datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(maxc.getTimeInMillis());
final Calendar minc = Calendar.getInstance();
int year = minc.get(Calendar.YEAR);
minc.set(Calendar.YEAR,year-100);
datePickerDialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(minc.getTimeInMillis());
datePickerDialog.show();

how to set min date (using datepicker android ) two years back from instant time or day

On one of my app I'm using datepicker class to retrieve data form archive.
I need to set **Max and Min **. On DatePicker.Dialog,
i was able to set **Max to the current time ** however, i counted do for **Min **. if someone to help me i really appreciate it. thanks in advance!
I am looking set setMaxDate = to current year
and setMinDate = two years back from current year(current year -2)
NB: I triad to look if this question was already answered. But, i couldn't get one. all that i see is minData = current timedialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(new Date().getTime()); which I am not looking for that. i want to set it to different year than the current.
here below part of my code:
// On Clike for Floting button with + signe
#Override
public void onClick(View v) {
switch (v.getId()) {
case imageButtonCalendar:
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
final int[] mYear = {c.get(Calendar.YEAR)};
final int[] mMonth = {c.get(Calendar.MONTH)};
final int[] mDay = {c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)};
DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener pDateSetListener = new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {
public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year,
int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) {
mYear[0] = year;
mMonth[0] = monthOfYear;
mDay[0] = dayOfMonth;
et.setText(new StringBuilder()
// to set date in editext
.append(mDay[0]).append("/").append(mMonth[0] + 1)
.append("/").append(mYear[0]).append(" "));
}
};
DatePickerDialog dialog = new DatePickerDialog(getActivity(), pDateSetListener, mYear[0], mMonth[0], mDay[0]);
dialog.getDatePicker().setMaxDate(new Date().getTime());
dialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(new Date().getTime(),-year);
dialog.show();
break;

You can use Calendar class :
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance()
cal.add(Calendar.DATE, -7);
System.out.println("Date = "+ cal.getTime());
Joda-time is the best Java library for Date.

Get the date after subtracting 2 years :
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.add(Calendar.YEAR, -2);
dialog.getDatePicker().setMinDate(calendar.getTime()); // set min date

How can i get the String name of day on DatePicker

I'm developing a simple app that the user pick some date on DatePicker and return the current day name in some Toast message.
but when I'm trying to do that it has given me a wrong date.
my code:
final int day = datepicker.getDayOfMonth();
datepicker.getDrawableState();
int mounth = datepicker.getMonth();
mounth+=1;
Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, day);
String formatDay = new SimpleDateFormat("E").format(cal.getTime());
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, formatDay, 2000).show();

You're setting the day of month when you create the Calendar, but you aren't setting the month or year. You need to getMonth() and getYear() of the DatePicker and set those on the Calendar also. Do GregorianCalendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(datePicker.getYear(), datePicker.getMonth(), datePicker.getDayOfMonth(), 0, 0) instead of Calendar.getInstance(). With getInstance() you are getting a Calendar for the current time, then just changing the day.

Android CalendarView: How do I get the date in correct format?

The past few days I've been searching for ways to get a 'readable' date out of my calendarview from android 4.0. I can't manage to find a solution or example that suits my problem. I did get it in miliseconds but not in a date format.
My problem is: I have a calendarview and I want the selected date by the user, shown in logcat in a dateformat yy-mm-dd.
I was used to the datepicker from android 2.2 and I'm not familiar with calendarview and can't find much about it either. Does anyone know a solution for this?

Okay so here is how to do this. When you fire your calendarview activity or a calendarview inside your activity it sets the date to the current date(meaning today). To get this current date just use the Calendar object provided by the java api to get this date example below:
Calendar date = Calendar.getInstance();
// for your date format use
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yy-MM-dd");
// set a string to format your current date
String curDate = sdf.format(date.getTime());
// print the date in your log cat
Log.d("CUR_DATE", curDate);
to get a date changed you must do this
CalendarView myCalendar = (CalendarView) findViewById(R.id.myCalenderid);
myCalendar.setOnDateChangeListener(myCalendarListener);
OnDateChangeListener myCalendarListener = new OnDateChangeListener(){
public void onSelectedDayChange(CalendarView view, int year, int month, int day){
// add one because month starts at 0
month = month + 1;
// output to log cat **not sure how to format year to two places here**
String newDate = year+"-"+month+"-"+day;
Log.d("NEW_DATE", newDate);
}
}

kandroidj's answer helps to create date, but not date of correct format.
So to format selected date:
calendarView.setOnDateChangeListener(new CalendarView.OnDateChangeListener() {
#Override
public void onSelectedDayChange(CalendarView view, int year, int month,
int dayOfMonth) {
final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd");
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.set(year, month, dayOfMonth);
String sDate = sdf.format(calendar.getTime());
Log.d(TAG, "sDate formatted: " + sDate);
}
});

You should use SimpleDateFormat
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
String selectedDate = sdf.format(new Date(calendar.getDate()));

long date = calenderView.getDate();
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(date);
int Year = calendar.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int Month = calendar.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int Day = calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
//customize According to Your requirement
String finalDate=Year+"/"+Month+"/"+Day;

How to get day, month and year from DatePickerDialog?

I'd like to get day, month and year values for save to db. These are my codes:
Declaretions:
private TextView tv_purchase_date;
private Button mPickDate;
private int mYear;
private int mMonth;
private int mDay;
OnClickListener listener_show_dlg = null;
OnDateSetListener listener_mdate_display = null;
Event Code:
listener_show_dlg = new OnClickListener() {
public void onClick(View v) {
Calendar cal=Calendar.getInstance();
DatePickerDialog datePickDlg = new DatePickerDialog(
ItemsAddActivity.this,
listener_mdate_display,
cal.get(Calendar.YEAR),
cal.get(Calendar.MONTH),
cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)
);
datePickDlg.show();
};
};
listener_mdate_display = new OnDateSetListener() {
public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear,
int dayOfMonth) {
mMonth = month;
mYear = year;
mDay = dayofMonth;
tv_purchase_date.setText(dayOfMonth + "/" + monthOfYear + "/" + year);
}
};
}
I try to store mMonth, mYear and mDay values in db. What is the best store type? as integer or as string??

I store in the DB one number that represents the date. It is the number of seconds that have passed since the beginning of the modern era (Jan 1, 1970.) From the Date Picker, you can get the M D Y values like this:
datePickerListener = new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {
public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int yearOfYear,
int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) {
// the user has picked these values
year = yearOfYear;
month = monthOfYear;
day = dayOfMonth;
Then, I turn these into a single Date object like this.
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(year, month, day);
Date dateOfGames = cal.getTime();
DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.LONG);
String cs = df.format(dateOfGames);
changeDateButton.setText(cs); // update the interface
}
};
before I put it in the DB, I turn it into a numebr of seconds like this:
long seconds = date.getTime() / 1000; // this is the date in seconds since the start of the epoch
....
when I take that single number of seconds out of the DB, and want it to be a Date object again, I do this:
date = new Date(seconds * 1000); // converting seconds to a Date object
You can use a DateFormat object to display the date object how you like to see it.
I know this is awkward. Since SQLite doesn't allow you to store a Date, the answer is going to be awkward. Perhaps there is a cleaner way than this, and others will recommned something. :)

I struggled with this issue for a while. I don't konw of anything better than this.
I stored the date in the DB as a single long int. It is pretty easy to convert your Date to the number of seconds since the epoch (Jan 1, 1970), and it is also easy to convert the number of seconds into a Date object.
You need to be careful with seconds and milliseconds.
date = new Date(seconds * 1000); // converting seconds to a Date
seconds = date.getTime() / 1000; // this is the date in seconds since the start of the epoch
// Use Greg calendar to get a Date object from day, month, year
Date dateOfGames = new GregorianCalendar(year, month, day).getTime();
Does that help at all?

I created sqllite table with this sql string:
create table items (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, pdate DATE)
I writed some methods to convert date:
public String date_to_str(Date date) {
String pattern = "dd.MM.yyyy";
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(pattern);
Log.d(_watcher_name, "date_to_str" + dateFormat.format(date));
return dateFormat.format(date);
}
public Date mdy_to_date (int day, int month, int year) {
Calendar cal = new GregorianCalendar(year, month, day);
return cal.getTime();
}