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

Posted by sam john
sam john
790 Points

i dont know what to do in this

i dont get what exactly the question is demanding.

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 void setReleaseDate(Date date) {
        mReleaseDate = date;
    }
    public String getFormattedReleaseDate() {
      SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");

      return "";
    }
}

1 Answer

Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points
Steve Hunter
Steve Hunter
57,712 Points

Hi Sam,

You've done the first two parts just fine - so it is the last part you haven't quite got

For this, use the format() method on the formatter using dot notation and pass in mRleaseDate as the parameter:

  public String getFormattedReleaseDate() {
    SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
    return dateFormat.format(mReleaseDate);
  }

My instance is called something different to yours but that doesn't matter.

Steve.