Android Utililty Methods Date to String Convert

List of utility methods to do Date to String Convert

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The list of methods to do Date to String Convert are organized into topic(s).

Method

StringgetFriendlyLocalDateTime(Date date)
Return timestamp in human-readable form wrt local timezone 
final SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(
        friendlyDateFormat);
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
return sdf.format(date);
StringdateTimeToString(final Date date)
date Time To String 
if (date == null)
    return "Never";
return DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance().format(date);
StringdateToString(Date date)
date To String 
if (date == null) {
    return null;
return format.format(date);
StringdatesToString(final Date start, final int duration)
dates To String 
return new SimpleDateFormat("EEE @HH:mm").format(start) + " - "
        + duration + " min";
StringdatesToString(final Date start, final int duration)
dates To String 
return new SimpleDateFormat("EEEEEEEE dd @HH:mm").format(start)
        + " - " + duration + " min";
StringconvertDateToString(Date date)
convert Date To String 
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MMM-dd");
return df.format(date);
StringtoSimpleDateFormattedString(Date date)
to Simple Date Formatted String 
try {
    SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy");
    return sdf.format(date);
} catch (Exception e) {
return null;
StringtoStringFromDate(Date date)
to String From Date 
SimpleDateFormat sd = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss a");
String return_date = sd.format(date);
return return_date;
StringtoUTCFormattedString(Date date)
to UTC Formatted String 
SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm'Z'");
df.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
return df.format(date);
voidupdateDate(DatePicker picker, Date date)
Convinient method to update a date in a DatePicker . 
if (picker != null && date != null) {
    Calendar c = GregorianCalendar.getInstance();
    c.setTime(date);
    int y = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
    int m = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
    int d = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
    picker.updateDate(y, m, d);