I just created sample BB app, which can allow to choose the date.
DateField curDateFld = new DateField("Choose Date: ",
System.currentTimeMillis(), DateField.DATE | DateField.FIELD_LEFT);
After choosing the date, I need to convert that long value to String, so that I can easily store the date value somewhere in database. I am new to Java and Blackberry development.
long date = curDateFld.getDate();
How should I convert this long value to String? Also I want to convert back to long from String. I think for that I can use long l = Long.parseLong("myStr");
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See the reference documentation for the String class: String s = String.valueOf(date);
If your Long might be null and you don't want to get a 4-letter "null"
string, you might use Objects.toString
, like: String s = Objects.toString(date, null);
EDIT:
You reverse it using Long l = Long.valueOf(s);
but in this direction you need to catch NumberFormatException