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Android Build a Weather App (2015) Working with JSON Formatting a Date

Posted by MUZ140698 Kudakwashe Gwaindepi
MUZ140698 Kudakwashe Gwaindepi
4,150 Points

how to convert and return mReleasedDate

im stuck failing to do this please help

public String getFormattedReleaseDate(){ SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd"); formatter.setDate(Date.getDate(getReleasedDate())); return ""; }

Movie.java 
import java.util.Date;

public class Movie {

    private String mTitle;
    private Date mReleaseDate;

    public String getTitle() {
        return mTitle;
    }

    public void setTitle(String title) {
        mTitle = title;
    }

    public Date getReleaseDate() {
        return mReleaseDate;
    }
   public String getFormattedReleaseDate(){
     SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
     formatter.setDate(Date.getDate(getReleasedDate));
    return "";
  }

    public void setReleaseDate(Date date) {
        mReleaseDate = date;
    }
}

1 Answer

James Simshaw
James Simshaw
28,738 Points

Hello,

In your line

formatter.setDate(Date.getDate(getReleasedDate));

You want to be using the format method of the SimpleDateFormat class, which your object is formatter. Then you want to pass in your the release date, which you can obtain from the getReleaseDate() method. Pass in that date as the parameter to the format method and then all you need to do is return the String that format returns to you. Please let us know if you need more assistance and we can help you further. If you do need more assistance, please provide your updated code so that we can help you from your current setup.