How to get only year from DateUtils

Question

How can I get only the usable part of a date using DateUtils? I tried to use

DateUtils.FORMAT_SHOW_YEAR

but this seems to even return the month and date.

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lokoko Feb 19 At 9:07 am

4 answers

use DateFormat "yyyy" you will only get the year

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Kapil vats Feb 19 '13 at 9:10

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); 
c.setTime(sdf.parse(date));   // sdf is SimpleDateFormat
System.println(c.get(Calendar.YEAR)));

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Paresh mayani Feb 19 '13 at 9:11

you can use

Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance(); 
int year = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);

you can check here

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Chirag Patel Feb 19 '13 at 9:13

Droidman · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-19T09:15:56+0000

No need to reinvent the wheel

   SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy");
   String year = sdf.format(new Date());

To take the locale into account, use the SimpleDateFormat ("template", Locale) constructor

     SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy", Locale.getDefault());