Changing datetime format android

Question

I have a string in this format "20140210084957" I want to convert it to local format. Am almost there except month is not correct, instead of FEB below code is giving JAN, how to fix this.

 String dt = valuelist[time];
    SimpleDateFormat datetime1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyymmddhhmmss");
    Date formatted = null;
    try {
        formatted =datetime1.parse(dt);
        } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        }
        dt=formatted.toLocaleString();
        //dt = formatted.toString();
        Log.d("DT Formatted", ""+dt);
        valuelist[time] =dt;

}

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '14 at 07:32

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use capital M for month i.e

 SimpleDateFormat datetime1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhhmmss")

answered Feb 10 '14 at 07:32

Ranjit

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 10 '14 at 07:34

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Replace the line SimpleDateFormat datetime1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyymmddhhmmss"); with this line : SimpleDateFormat datetime1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhhmmss");

answered Feb 10 '14 at 07:34

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Pankaj Kumar · Answer 3 · 2014-02-10T07:40:27.927

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Problem into month format. That should be MM instead of mm.

Change it to MM

Like

SimpleDateFormat datetime1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhhmmss"); // result for month is 01 or 02 or 03

And for Jan/ Feb/ Mar like output

yo should use MMM for month.

SimpleDateFormat datetime1 = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMMddhhmmss"); // Result of month is Jan or Feb or Mar

Read more about Date and Time Patterns

edited Feb 10 '14 at 07:40

answered Feb 10 '14 at 07:33

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Your most welcome.. :) – Pankaj Kumar Feb 10 '14 at 07:38

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 10 '14 at 10:40

Another thing to note: If you have written every pattern symbol in small letters and you don't print or parse AM/PM then the format symbol h is probably wrong since it indicates the 12-hour-clock which is worthless without AM/PM-marker. In this case you should also use big letter H instead, like M instead of m is right for months.

Changing datetime format android

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