Question

I”m following a tutorial where they have this line:

int callDate = c.getInt(dateColumn);

Next, they pass the callDate into the Date object to get a readable format.
But, I think the example may be old, because I get a compile error.

String myDate = DateUtils.dateString(callDate).toString();;

So, I’m looking at the API. how do I do it.

http://developer.android.com/reference/java/util/Date.html

Answer 1

String myString = DateFormat.getDateInstance().format(new Date());

or

Date date = new Date();
DateFormat dateFormat = android.text.format.DateFormat.getDateFormat(getApplicationContext());
mTimeText.setText("Time: " + dateFormat.format(date));

Look at DateFormat and SimpleDateFormat.