Android Question Formatting date and time into a string

nibbo · May 30, 2014

I want to make a string = to the current date and time in the format yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
Simple enough in VB but not quite so in B4A.
I can do the code below...

B4X:

Dim sNow As String = DateTime.getyear(DateTime.Now) & "-" & DateTime.GetMonth(DateTime.Now) & "-" & DateTime.GetDayOfMonth(DateTime.Now) & " " & DateTime.GetHour(DateTime.Now) & ":" & DateTime.getminute(DateTime.Now) & ":" & DateTime.GetSecond

But that seems a little long winded. I am guessing I use DateTime.DateFormat but I can't seem to get it to work.

Thanks in advance

DonManfred · May 30, 2014

Look at documentation (or for examples) of using DateTime.DateFormat and DateTime.Timeformat

nibbo · May 30, 2014

Err... I did and could not find an example that worked, that's why I am asking!

Mahares · May 30, 2014

If you looked at the documentation and still need help, here is your solution:

B4X:

Dim OrigFormat As String=DateTime.DateFormat  'save orig date format
DateTime.DateFormat="yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss"
Dim MyDate As String=DateTime.Date(DateTime.Now)
Msgbox(MyDate,"")
DateTime.DateFormat=OrigFormat  'return to orig date format

nibbo · May 30, 2014

Thanks Mahares, I now understand how DateFormat works.

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