How do I change date time format in Android?

Question

I am displaying the date and time in Android with this format:
2013-06-18 12:41:24

How can I change it to the following format?
18-j

Answer 1

Here is working code

public String parseDateToddMMyyyy(String time) {
    String inputPattern = "yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss";
    String outputPattern = "dd-MMM-yyyy h:mm a";
    SimpleDateFormat inputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(inputPattern);
    SimpleDateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(outputPattern);

    Date date = null;
    String str = null;

    try {
        date = inputFormat.parse(time);
        str = outputFormat.format(date);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return str;
}

Documentation: SimpleDateFormat | Android Developers

Answer 2

I modified Rusabh's answer for general purpose formatting of date in my project

    public String formatDate(String dateToFormat, String inputFormat, String outputFormat) {
        try {
            Logger.e("DATE", "Input Date Date is " + dateToFormat);

            String convertedDate = new SimpleDateFormat(outputFormat)
                    .format(new SimpleDateFormat(inputFormat)
                            .parse(dateToFormat));

            Logger.e("DATE", "Output Date is " + convertedDate);

            //Update Date
            return convertedDate;

        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        return null;

    }

Usage:

            String inputFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mmz";
            String OutPutFormat = "MMMM dd', 'yyyy hh:mma";
            String convertedDate = formatDate(asOfDateTime, inputFormat, OutPutFormat);

Answer 3

use this code below:

Date date=new Date("2013-06-18 12:41:24"); 
SimpleDateFormat formatter5=new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm a");
String formats1 = formatter5.format(date);
System.out.println(formats1);

Answer 4

    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy  hh:mm a");
    String date = format.format(Date.parse("Your date string"));