I'm trying to convert a UTC string date to local time, so it's in a more readable format.
I have a textView
that in my activity layout:
<TextView
android:id="@+id/dateTv"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
android:layout_marginTop="8dp"
app:layout_constraintStart_toStartOf="parent"
app:layout_constraintTop_toBottomOf="@+id/titleTv"
tools:text="Published Date" />
In my activity:
class FullArticleActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_full_article)
val articleJson = intent.getStringExtra(ARTICLE_KEY)
if(!articleJson.isNullOrBlank()) {
val article = Gson().fromJson<Article>(articleJson, Article::class.java)
val formatter = SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ssZ", Locale.getDefault())
formatter.timeZone = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")
val formattedDate = formatter.parse(article.publishedAt)
titleTv.text = article.title
//UTC string
dateTv.text = article.publishedAt
contentTv.text = article.content
The publishedAt
string is in this format from the api call "2018-12-10T19:48:39Z"
. How can I convert this ZULU time format to local time?