Android get current date and show it in TextView

Question

I do not know what is wrong with code below -

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layo         


        

Answer 1

I suggest:

long date = System.currentTimeMillis(); 

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM MM dd, yyyy h:mm a");
String dateString = sdf.format(date);   
tvDisplayDate.setText(dateString);

which displays in the following example format

Mon Jan 5, 2009 4:55 PM

You can use whatever format you want - options can be found at Oracle