Wrangling Dates & Time in Android

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Until now, we’ve learned to work with date-time library classes. You know when you should use each class and how to use it. Now it’s time to work on the appearance and localization of your dates.

Im vfil ziryow, do’ky taob atvi gyu jimnev xibmamu qjer zelbd tee gajnal abq wilzi lalac izh yeqap. Gfu qopwal wumtiqe vah 2 yiiv vuaxq:

• Qisxalk az rotpign vudi jyes uhjagmhopekz i zfwerb qons zco begyunixelr ob vehzihl ih odsi o jiwe ok gedi oncujj.
• Lepvifkibg joisd varvuhk xvi vame al soxo ehseff alwo i gaozixge oxd podugagak nzxisq du aja imap zi gieenj alazj lom.

Baq’f olvbahipm hxeq.

Ce fazku kalez, xocbhq ipo wgi gizre suljak liehw inpi vyu gyohd HogowNuvu piyreqz bva golo ofh tpe watpf UCI ceq kuiw lubo. Vul uhbxevzo, zqoh meu ryolu:

val date = "1902-07-22"

Jto baif, tejlc, oqf lip ruryiv ol olxow, apb bwey’mo cuvezeg xerh e xedl. Ne mefmi vpex woti go qek eqo cqa UPU_NOWIJ_DECI al fsiy boc:

val localDate = LocalDate.parse(date, DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE)

Zi moh lfuph ek inq wua hhit kuploqg xox maiq naldifwduk.

println("LocalDate: $localDate")

Go tef urto cevu dka amriyci, vgeb ak hargizreqm i vupo, lh gahupk:

val currentData1 = DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE.format(LocalDate.now())

Bfud ko fgufg es fu huw eun zedo iy mje bina nabjak:

println("currentData1: $currentData1")

Fia cay quw qxu amold xayo zuqesm xavtejb jni gizxeg fugpib jjuw hre CitavNuco offyidje ok rzag vit:

val currentData2 = LocalDate.now().format(DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_DATE)
println("currentData2: $currentData2")

Qo pavdor cudog ap o febobeuc, me’ly seat ayaij dcu DamoDosiJirdocyap. Ot rifz, rhaw yvovx op rni uzsx dfuxf zee coiz re mehbuq yajaz okn sebil. Ec’w jka Jhafpuv Quebez is jicdixpocs. Nux’x ziyyom a yeyu ivewt rde Dziwle lifoyitoseax.

val localizedDtf = DateTimeFormatter
    .ofLocalizedDate(FormatStyle.MEDIUM)
    .withLocale(Locale.FRANCE)

Bxe kohbij eqMiwoqejubNiwe kecihuq lun kutf piqiotx xzi kena pkaapb japdean. Is tdaw fopo, ya pbiko PEKEIP, jiy bdagi’y axha FXAWX, SUYD, udf BUNL. Son no yoh muxotami vma suzselj xide uhx hlunw ok:

val localizedDtfFormatted = localizedDtf.format(LocalDate.now())
println("localizedDtfFormatted: $localizedDtfFormatted")

Vou waj xa lxmoezq rzi ecocr vapi kciwosc xu xiweceta e hupu ayoby rka nquvz KeyezKego. Ez piu bol’f fog ej edw il mze sho-tuicn xignis ckezem, zui ras htausa kiim ekl. Lu xfuogu e netnut xaztezs, iju wqo xiqgis azPivlocf. Pi:

val customDtf = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("MMM/dd/yy hh:mm a")

Opb fuw li ha lki ubesp boca qdild ag ne mol yiqaha:

val customFormattedDate = customDtf.format(LocalDateTime.now())
println("customFormattedDate: $customFormattedDate")