DateTools : Some tools to work with date and time

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

1.Introduction

DateTools
As the name suggests it is specially made to work with Dates but since it uses SimpleDateFormat so you can also work with Time by using appropriate format.

Latest Version: 6.1
Last Updated: 2020-07-20T04:07:00Z

2.Blocks

It has 22 function blocks and 1 event block

3.Documentation

It has not so much coplex blocks but some examples can help you to understand its usage.

Returns day of given date.
Note: You can also use DateTime besides Date

Returns difference between two dates or datetime in milliseconds.

Returns true if first date is after second date else false

Returns true if first date is before second date else false

Returns true if both dates are same else false

Returns a list of available timezones

Converts epoch timestamp to date in the given date format in provided timezone

Returns device’s current date and time

Returns current date and time in raw format

Returns current epoch timestamp

Display name of current timezone

Returns ID of current timezone

Converts millis in y d m s format

Converts epoch timestamp to date and time

Difference between two epoch timestamps in y d m s format

Returns offset of current timezone

Converts rawoffset(int) to offset

Gets offset from timezone id

Returns true if local datetime is in day light savings

Returns a list of available timezones in given offset

Returns DST savings of current timezone in milliseconds

Requests to NTP server to get online date time in milliseconds and raises event ‘GotOnlineDateTime’ with epoch timestamp and response.If any error occurs then timestamp will be ‘0’
Thanks to @Alapjeet

4.Aix/Extension file

Here are two download links:
Download Link 1: com.sunny.DateTools.aix (43.0 KB)
Download Link 2: DateTools.aix - Google Drive

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6.Updates/Bug Fixes

ChangeLog Version2

New Blocks

Some new blocks have been added in Version 2 to make it easier to work with dates…

Bug Fixes/Changes

• Some minor changes

ChangeLog Version3

New Blocks

Bug fixes/Changes
1.Fixed bug in ‘Difference’ block.Reported by @thiagofernandes055
2.Some minor changes in existing blocks

ChangeLog Version4

New blocks
Just one new block with its event handler:

Bug Fixes/Changes

• Some spelling fixes
• Replaced some old libraries with new libraries
• Some other minor changes

ChangeLog Version5

Changes

• Removed DateFormat property

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug in GetOnlineDateTime block
  Thanks to @kitavalf

ChangeLog Version6

Bug Fixes

• Fixed bug in GetOnlineDateTime block
  Thanks to @Bellini_Rito

Changes

• Some internal changes

ChangeLog Version 6.1

Bug Fixes

• Removed un-necessary NTP servers from list

[ImranTariq]

Nice work bro, really needs that extension, because i have made these things in my app with lot of blocks to compare dates and days etc , well done,

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

Glad you liked it
If you need any other feature then just post here…

[ImranTariq]

Yes i liked it very much and i will check that when i go back to home and i think users also like same for time, like time compare Similar to this date tools there must be some thing like time tools ,

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

I will try to make ‘TimeTools’…

[krish.jha (krishjha07)]

Well Done Mate
But I Do Not Get Unique Ideas For Extension And Thats Why I Have Made One Basic extension
But Well Done Many People Want This Feature in their app

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

Actually I got inspiration to make DateTools from my most awaited project JobSwift , when I was working on a function related to date.

Got inspiration: 9:00am
Built extension: 10:00am

[ImranTariq]

There is lot of ideas, just post in community what users need and you will get a list of ideas,

[krish.jha (krishjha07)]

@vknow360

ted

Even Blocks Would Have Taken more time
nice work

[krish.jha (krishjha07)]

@ImranTariq

u will get

hmm lets try someday

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

I have something for you.
Start using time tools extension.

[krish.jha (krishjha07)]

ya i should try
but what will i do in it
which functions

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

Pm for more…
We are hijacking this topic.

[Italo]

Good extension. Also all those methods can be done with simple blocks in procedures.
May be as one of the daily challenges we can see who can come up with the blocks equivalent of this extension.

[hammerhai (Nathan)]

Have a suggestion?

Epoch in milliseconds to current timezone?

Better yet, here’s the code for it:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
TimeZone tz = cal.getTimeZone();

/* debug: is it local time? */
Log.d("Time zone: ", tz.getDisplayName());

/* date formatter in local timezone */
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm:ss");
sdf.setTimeZone(tz);

/* print your timestamp and double check it's the date you expect */
long timestamp = cursor.getLong(columnIndex);
String localTime = sdf.format(new Date(timestamp * 1000)); // I assume your timestamp is in seconds and you're converting to milliseconds?
Log.d("Time: ", localTime);

Just import the things you need. Credit to How to convert UTC timestamp to device local time in android - Stack Overflow

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

ChalgeLog Version 2

New Blocks

Some new blocks have been added in Version 2 to make it easier to work with dates…

Returns a list of available timezones

Converts epoch timestamp to date in the given date format in provided timezone

Returns device’s current date and time

Returns current date and time in raw format

Returns current epoch timestamp

Display name of current timezone

Returns ID of current timezone

Converts millis in y d m s format

Converts epoch timestamp to date and time

Difference between two epoch timestamps in y d m s format

Bug Fixes/Changes

• Some minor changes

[joelsaldanha701 (Joel Saldanha)]

Can You Update This Extension By Adding Event Blocks Like Time Tools Extension Made By @krish.jha? It Will Be Very Useful. Thanks.

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

Hi
Thank you for your precious suggestion.
But I am still not able to understand it.
Can you explain more?

[joelsaldanha701 (Joel Saldanha)]

Can you create a block like this? So that we can store value in database?

[vknow360 (Sunny Gupta)]

That block is of TimeTools extension but why you want that block in DateTools extension
Both are quite different