Question

I am using below code to get the current time in specific format and then want to print the time stamp.

    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd hh:mm:ss.ms");
    String formattedDate = dateFormat.format(new Date());
    Date curDate = null;
    try {
        curDate = dateFormat.parse(formattedDate);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        // TODO Auto-generated catch block
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    Log.i(Config.TAG,"curDate...... "+curDate);

but when I see the Logcat output “curDate…..” is showing “Mon Jul 13 04:11:51 EDT 1970”
but in the above statement minutes are wrong.
but In my android device, time is showing as “04:40 AM”.

I am unable to figure out why the above method capturing “29” minutes delay.??

Pl. let me know is that the proper way to do this.
let me know if I missed something.

Answer 1

I suspect it’s the “ms” part of your format string which is confusing things. I think that you mean “SS” instead. Also, given that you haven’t got an AM/PM specifier, you probably want a 24-hour format instead of 12-hour:

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SS");

(Do you really not want the year, by the way?)