How to show date format in both english and arabic?-CodePudding

Hi I want to achieve format of date like this "2021 نوفمبر" can anybody help me how I can achieve this format?

Here is my sample source code

 SimpleDateFormat dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy", locale);
            dateString = dateFormatter.format(date);

CodePudding user response：

The date language is determined by the system language, but to display the date in specific languages without relying on the system language. You can do like this

 TextView arabicText = findViewById(R.id.arabic);
 TextView englishText = findViewById(R.id.english);
    
 Date date = new Date();
    
 SimpleDateFormat arDate = new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy", new Locale("ar"));
 SimpleDateFormat enDate = new SimpleDateFormat("d MMM yyyy", new Locale("en"));
    
 String ar = arDate.format(date);
 String en = enDate.format(date);
    
    
 arabicText.setText(ar);
 englishText.setText(en);

CodePudding user response：

Setting the Locale to "ar" will convert the date format from English to Arabic.
I have also used DateTimeFormatter , as SimpleDateFormat is outdated

fun parseDate() {
    var formatter: DateTimeFormatter? = null
    val date = "2021-11-03T14:09:31"
    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.O) {
        formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss")
        val dateTime: LocalDateTime = LocalDateTime.parse(date, formatter)
        val formatter2: DateTimeFormatter =
            DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern(
                "yyyy, MMM d", Locale("ar")  // set the language in which you want to convert
                                            // For english use Locale.ENGLISH
            )
        Log.e("Date", ""   dateTime.format(formatter2))
    }
}

Note: DateTimeFormatter only works in android 8 and above, to use it below android 8 enable desugaring

Output : 2021, نوفمبر 3