Question

Android: I am saving a date in shared preferences as a String.

Date now = new Date(new Date().getTime());
savePreferences(key, "" + now);

I want to get back the date format from the string, how to do it?

Answer 1

I assume you are using java.util.Date which is deprecated. You should use a GregorianCalendar instead and then save it as a long using getTimeInMillis().

This makes it much easier to work with. 🙂