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FlyingStreudel
FlyingStreudel

Reputation: 4464

Android SimpleDateFormat Not Working

Quick question, SimpleDateFormat is not performing as I would expect. I am looking to get a date string that look like Thursday 29 November 13:43.

Here is my format: 

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();  
_clockDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("cccc dd MMMM kk:mm");  
_clockDateFormat.format(c.getTime());

Here is the output: 

5 29 11 13:43

What am I doing wrong?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2291

Answers (4)

kosa
kosa

Reputation: 66637

Instead of c use E:

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();  
SimpleDateFormat _clockDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE dd MMMM kk:mm");  
System.out.println(_clockDateFormat.format(c.getTime()));

output:

Thursday 29 November 14:05

See the documentation for more info.

Upvotes: 3

FlyingStreudel
FlyingStreudel

Reputation: 4464

Turns out the device I am working with doesn't have a default locale when it gets here from the factory. As a workaround I used the Locale specific overload for SimpleDateFormat:

_clockDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE dd MMMM HH:mm", Locale.US);

Upvotes: 2

Debobroto Das
Debobroto Das

Reputation: 862

In my pc I have tried the following

 Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();  
    SimpleDateFormat _clockDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy dd MMMM kk:mm");  
    _clockDateFormat.format(c.getTime());
    System.out.println(_clockDateFormat.format(c.getTime()));

if i use 'cccc' in simpledateformat it gives an error!!!

Upvotes: 1

assylias
assylias

Reputation: 328568

Have you tried:

 _clockDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE dd MMMM kk:mm");

Upvotes: 1

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