Android Utililty Methods Calendar to String Convert

List of utility methods to do Calendar to String Convert

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Method

StringconvertToDateStamp(Calendar cal)
Convert given date to string
OutputFormat: yyyymmdd_hhmm 
String year = String.valueOf(cal.get(Calendar.YEAR));
String month = String.valueOf(cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1);
if (month.length() == 1) {
    month = "0" + month;
String day = String.valueOf(cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH));
if (day.length() == 1) {
    day = "0" + day;
...
StringtoSimpleDate(Calendar calendar)
Recieves a calendar instance and returns a String with simple date format ("d MMM, yyyy" = "14 Oct, 2012") 
return toSimpleDate(calendar, "d MMM, yyyy");
StringtoHumanDate(Calendar cal)
Formats a calendar instance to relative timestamp. 
Calendar now = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
int years = cal.get(Calendar.YEAR) - now.get(Calendar.YEAR);
int months = cal.get(Calendar.MONTH) - now.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int days = cal.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)
        - now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
if (years == 1)
    return "next year";
else if (years > 1)
...
StringcalendarToString(Calendar date)
calendar To String 
SimpleDateFormat dateformatter = new SimpleDateFormat(
        "dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
return dateformatter.format(date.getTime());