I store current time in database each time application starts by user.
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
String str = c.getTime().toString();
Log.i("Current time", str);
In database side, I store current time as string (as you see in above code). Therefore, when I load it from database, I need to cast it to Date object. I saw some samples that all of them had used "DateFormat". But my format is exactly as same as Date format. So, I think there is no need to use "DateFormat". Am I right?
Is there anyway to directly cast this String to Date object? I want to compare this stored time with current time.
Thanks
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Thanks dear guys. I used following code:
private boolean isPackageExpired(String date){
boolean isExpired=false;
Date expiredDate = stringToDate(date, "EEE MMM d HH:mm:ss zz yyyy");
if (new Date().after(expiredDate)) isExpired=true;
return isExpired;
}
private Date stringToDate(String aDate,String aFormat) {
if(aDate==null) return null;
ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
SimpleDateFormat simpledateformat = new SimpleDateFormat(aFormat);
Date stringDate = simpledateformat.parse(aDate, pos);
return stringDate;
}
From String to Date
String dtStart = "2010-10-15T09:27:37Z";
SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
try {
Date date = format.parse(dtStart);
System.out.println(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
From Date to String
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
try {
Date date = new Date();
String dateTime = dateFormat.format(date);
System.out.println("Current Date Time : " + dateTime);
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}