Date format retrieved from a service [duplicate]

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I'm working on getting Json objects from a service to a List View in Android... the date format looks like this "/Date(1354222800000+0300)/" ... how can I change it to a readable format?

for (int i = 0; i < json.length(); i++) { HashMap<String, String> map = new HashMap<String, String>(); JSONObject e = json.getJSONObject(i); map.put("mDate", "" + e.getString("mDate")); mylist.add(map); }

is there on documentation what this format means? [+0300 quite sure means GMT + 3h] — MrSmith42
– MrSmith42, Commented Dec 30, 2012 at 16:48
use "substring" to extract the datetimemillis (always 13 numbers) or use regexp. — gezdy
– gezdy, Commented Dec 30, 2012 at 16:59

bnieland · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-30 17:40:08Z

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This is the MS JSON date format.

Use:

var myDate = new Date(parseInt(String(dateString).substr(6)));

answered Dec 30, 2012 at 17:40

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Hussam Ali Alzoubi Over a year ago

yeah, i know it in java script :) but im new in android development and i want to change the format into java... thanks for your answer

Hussam Ali Alzoubi · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-31 08:29:05Z

 String mDate = getFormattedDate(e.getString("JSON OBJECT")); private String getFormattedDate(String stringDate) throws JSONException { String strDate = stringDate.replace("/Date(", "").replace(")/", ""); strDate = strDate.substring(0, strDate.indexOf("+")); Long longDate = Long.parseLong(strDate, 10); Date mDate = new Date(longDate); SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd, yyyy"); String formattedDate = sdf.format(mDate); return formattedDate; }

This is how i found a solution to format a JSON Date to a readable format, :) :) :)

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