Display the current time and date in an Android ap

Question

How do I display the current date and time in an Android application?

Answer 1

Simply copy this code and hope this works fine for you.

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd:MMMM:yyyy HH:mm:ss a");
String strDate = sdf.format(c.getTime());

Answer 2

From How to get full date with correct format?:

Please, use

android.text.format.DateFormat.getDateFormat(Context context)
android.text.format.DateFormat.getTimeFormat(Context context)

to get valid time and date formats in sense of current user settings (12/24 time format, for example).

import android.text.format.DateFormat;

private void some() {
    final Calendar t = Calendar.getInstance();
    textView.setText(DateFormat.getTimeFormat(this/*Context*/).format(t.getTime()));
}

Answer 3

Use:

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

int seconds = c.get(Calendar.SECOND);
int minutes = c.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
int hour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR);
String time = hour + ":" + minutes + ":" + seconds;


int day = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);
int month = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
String date = day + "/" + month + "/" + year;

// Assuming that you need date and time in a separate
// textview named txt_date and txt_time.

txt_date.setText(date);
txt_time.setText(time);

Answer 4

To get current Time/Date just use following code snippet:

To use Time:

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormatTime = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm", Locale.getDefault());
String strTime = simpleDateFormatTime.format(now.getTime());

To use Date:

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("E, MMM dd, yyyy", Locale.getDefault());    
String strDate = simpleDateFormatDate.format(now.getTime());

and you are good to go.