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Asked: 2026-05-16T11:58:21+00:00

I first retrieve information from the SQLite database into a cursor. The cursor contains

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I first retrieve information from the SQLite database into a cursor.

The cursor contains a timestamp column in the format: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS, for example, 2010-08-27 21:25:30.575

Once retrieved, I set aSimpleCursorAdapter like so (code simplified):

SimpleCursorAdapter adapter = 
            new SimpleCursorAdapter(this, R.layout.row_layout, cursor, new String{KEY_TITLE, KEY_TIMESTAMP}, new int[]{ R.id.title, R.id.timestamp } );
    setListAdapter(adapter);

The code successfully displays the time and date in the format described above, but I would like to display just the date in DD/MM/YYYY format (or perhaps the user’s format based on locale if possible).

How can I intervene with the SimpleCursorAdapter to change the date to my preferred format?

N.B. I would be willing to change the way information is passed to the adapter if it simplifies matters. I also wouldn’t mind changing the SQLite query for the cursor if SQLite has a built-in formatter.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The query way:

    SELECT strftime('%d/%m/%Y',TimeStampField) FROM MyTable...

    Because SQLite will return strings for all fields, what you would need to do for your SimpleCursorAdaptor is parse the date and then transform it. I’m tempted to say it’s simpler and cleaner to have it done by SQLite in the first place.

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