How to get only the year from DateUtils

Question

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.

How did you use `DateUtils.FORMAT_SHOW_YEAR`? `DateUtils.FORMAT_SHOW_YEAR` is an `int` value used to specify the format when calling `DateUtils.formatDateTime()`. — Klas Lindbäck, Feb 19 '13 at 09:14
DateUtils.formatDateRange(context, date.getTime(), date.getTime(), DateUtils.FORMAT_SHOW_YEAR); — lokoko, Feb 19 '13 at 09:16
Try `DateUtils.formatDateTime(context, date.getTime(), DateUtils.FORMAT_SHOW_YEAR)`. — Klas Lindbäck, Feb 19 '13 at 09:36

Droidman · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19T09:23:19.417

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No need to reinvent the wheel

   SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy");
   String year = sdf.format(new Date());

To take the locale into account use the constructor SimpleDateFormat("template", Locale)

     SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy", Locale.getDefault());

edited Feb 19 '13 at 09:23

answered Feb 19 '13 at 09:15

Droidman

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '13 at 09:10

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use DateFormat "yyyy", you will get year only

answered Feb 19 '13 at 09:10

Kapil Vats

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 19 '13 at 09:11

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Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); 
c.setTime(sdf.parse(date));   // sdf is SimpleDateFormat
System.println(c.get(Calendar.YEAR)));

answered Feb 19 '13 at 09:11

Paresh Mayani

Create a dateformat like this: SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("your date format"); And in the line c.setTime(sdf.parse(date));, date is your input date in the format you provided when you create the SimpleDateFormat – harmjanr Feb 19 '13 at 09:15
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@harmjanr he should do that job at least :) – Paresh Mayani Feb 19 '13 at 10:03

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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you can use

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); 
int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);

you can check here

edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

Community

answered Feb 19 '13 at 09:13

Chirag Patel

4 Answers4