This method will help in comparing two dates by trimming date format to our specific format. So we avoid unnecessary data.
Sample:
We compare two months in different years. First date is:
2017-10-10 10:00
First we convert it to milliseconds using `SimpleDateFormat`.
We want know only time for
2017-10
So after we get millisecond, we can convert it to another one `yyyy-MM-dd` using code below:
public long getTimeInMillis(long milliSeconds, String dateFormat) {
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, Locale.forLanguageTag("pl"));
Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
calendar.setTimeInMillis(milliSeconds);
String format = formatter.format(calendar.getTime());
long milli = milliSeconds;
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat, Locale.forLanguageTag("pl"));
try {
Date parse = sdf.parse(format);
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
c.setTime(parse);
milli = c.getTimeInMillis();
} catch (ParseException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return milli;
}