how to get date format like yyyy-mm-dd am in java

Question

I need to get date format like:

"yyyy-mm-dd am"

or

"yyyy-mm-dd pm"

In Java for Android

I do not need current time, only yyyy-mm-dd plus am/pm

how to make it directly ?

i use the method below to get current date:

    private static String getDate(){
        Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd");
        return sdf.format(c.getTime());
    }

`new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a");` will produce hours:mins with am/pm — Kenneth Clark, May 20 '15 at 04:33
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html "h:mm a" Result 12:08 PM — QuestionAndroid, May 20 '15 at 04:47

Kenneth Clark · Answer 1 · 2015-05-20T04:44:57.283

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You can simply use

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-mm-dd a");

Output will be

2015-34-20 AM

EDIT

   SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd a");

this will produce an output of

2015-05-20 AM

edited May 20 '15 at 04:44

answered May 20 '15 at 04:35

Kenneth Clark

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simple and good answer. +1. – Android Killer May 20 '15 at 04:37
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Check your `m`'s. Should be capital `M`'s for _month in year_ (assuming that's what OP actually wants). – Mike M. May 20 '15 at 04:38

Ravindra Kushwaha · Accepted Answer · 2015-05-20T06:24:32.387

You should use these below lines of code...There is only one problem with the SimpleDateFormat is that when ever you change the device language to another language than SimpleDateFormat's string also changes with the language which can create problem in yours application..Therefore i suggest you if you do not want to change the date string according the application language changes than Use below concept which become helpful for you Or Just simply use SimpleDateFormat for not changing the application language to another langauge.

     Calendar ci = Calendar.getInstance();
     String AM_PM;

      if(ci.get(Calendar.AM_PM)==0)
        {
             AM_PM ="AM";
        }
        else
        {
             AM_PM ="PM";
        }
        String CiDateTime = "" + ci.get(Calendar.YEAR) + "-" + 
            (ci.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "-" +
            ci.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)+" "+AM_PM;

         System.out.println("time=========================================="+CiDateTime);

Output:-

 time==========================================2015-5-20 PM

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 20 '15 at 04:50

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You can check the reference for SimpleDateFormat in Android for a list of all the symbols and what they represent. SimpleDateFormat Reference

answered May 20 '15 at 04:50

Hiroga Katageri

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