(Android™) Parse a Microsoft JSON Date (MS AJAX Date)

Demonstrates how to parse a Microsoft JSON Date, also known as an MSAJAX date.

Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.76 or greater.

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// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // Note: This example requires Chilkat v9.5.0.76 or greater.
    // The ability to automatically parse Microsoft JSON Dates (AJAX Dates) was added in v9.5.0.76
    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();

    boolean success = json.Load("{ \"AchievementDate\":\"/Date(1540229468330-0500)/\"}");

    CkDateTime dt = new CkDateTime();
    success = json.DateOf("AchievementDate",dt);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "Unable to parse a date/time.");
        return;
        }

    // Show the date in different formats:
    boolean bLocal = true;
    Log.i(TAG, "RFC822: " + dt.getAsRfc822(bLocal));
    Log.i(TAG, "Timestamp: " + dt.getAsTimestamp(bLocal));
    Log.i(TAG, "YYYY-MM-DD: " + dt.getAsIso8601("YYYY-MM-DD",bLocal));

    // Get integer values for year, month, day, etc.
    CkDtObj dtObj = dt.GetDtObj(bLocal);
    Log.i(TAG, "year: " + String.valueOf(dtObj.get_Year()));
    Log.i(TAG, "month: " + String.valueOf(dtObj.get_Month()));
    Log.i(TAG, "day: " + String.valueOf(dtObj.get_Day()));
    Log.i(TAG, "hour: " + String.valueOf(dtObj.get_Hour()));
    Log.i(TAG, "minute: " + String.valueOf(dtObj.get_Minute()));
    Log.i(TAG, "seconds: " + String.valueOf(dtObj.get_Second()));

    // Sample output:
    // RFC822: Mon, 22 Oct 2018 17:31:08 -0500
    // Timestamp: 2018-10-22T17:31:08-05:00
    // YYYY-MM-DD: 2018-10-22
    // year: 2018
    // month: 10
    // day: 22
    // hour: 17
    // minute: 31
    // seconds: 8

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}