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Android Date Time Picker Dialog

Published on August 3, 2022
Anupam Chugh

By Anupam Chugh

Android Date Time Picker Dialog

Android Date Time picker are used a lot in android apps. In this tutorial we’ll demonstrate the use of a Date Picker and Timer Picker Dialog in our android application. These components are used to select date and time in a customised user interface. We will use DatePickerDialog and TimePickerDialog classes with Calendar class in our android application code to achieve this.

Android DatePickerDialog and TimePickerDialog

Though a Date Picker and Time Picker can be used as independent widgets but they occupy more space on the screen. Hence using them inside a Dialog is a better choice. Fortunately android provides use with its own DatePickerDialog and TimePickerDialog classes. DatePickerDialog and TimePickerDialog classes have onDateSetListener() and onTimeSetListener() callback methods respectively. These callback methods are invoked when the user is done with filling the date and time respectively. The DatePickerDialog class consists of a 5 argument constructor with the parameters listed below.

  1. Context: It requires the application context
  2. CallBack Function: onDateSet() is invoked when the user sets the date with the following parameters:
  • int year : It will be store the current selected year from the dialog
  • int monthOfYear : It will be store the current selected month from the dialog
  • int dayOfMonth : It will be store the current selected day from the dialog
  1. int mYear : It shows the the current year that’s visible when the dialog pops up
  2. int mMonth : It shows the the current month that’s visible when the dialog pops up
  3. int mDay : It shows the the current day that’s visible when the dialog pops up

The TimePickerDialog class consists of a 5 argument constructor with the parameters listed below.

  1. Context: It requires the application context
  2. CallBack Function: onTimeSet() is invoked when the user sets the time with the following parameters:
  • int hourOfDay : It will be store the current selected hour of the day from the dialog
  • int minute : It will be store the current selected minute from the dialog
  1. int mHours : It shows the the current Hour that’s visible when the dialog pops up
  2. int mMinute : It shows the the current minute that’s visible when the dialog pops up
  3. boolean false : If its set to false it will show the time in 24 hour format else not

Android Date Time Picker Example Project Structure

android date time picker, android TimePickerDialog, android DatePickerDialog

Android Date Time Picker Dialog Project Code

The activity_main.xml consists of two buttons to invoke the Date and Time Picker Dialogs and set the user selected time in the two EditText views. The xml code is given below. activity_main.xml

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="https://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="https://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity">

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/in_date"
        android:layout_marginTop="82dp"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="SELECT DATE"
        android:id="@+id/btn_date"
        android:layout_alignBottom="@+id/in_date"
        android:layout_toRightOf="@+id/in_date"
        android:layout_toEndOf="@+id/in_date" />

    <EditText
        android:layout_width="200dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:id="@+id/in_time"
        android:layout_below="@+id/in_date"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentStart="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:text="SELECT TIME"
        android:id="@+id/btn_time"
        android:layout_below="@+id/btn_date"
        android:layout_alignLeft="@+id/btn_date"
        android:layout_alignStart="@+id/btn_date" />

</RelativeLayout>

The MainActivity.java class is given below:

package com.journaldev.datetimepickerdialog;

import android.app.DatePickerDialog;
import android.app.TimePickerDialog;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.DatePicker;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TimePicker;

import java.util.Calendar;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity implements
        View.OnClickListener {

    Button btnDatePicker, btnTimePicker;
    EditText txtDate, txtTime;
    private int mYear, mMonth, mDay, mHour, mMinute;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

        btnDatePicker=(Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_date);
        btnTimePicker=(Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_time);
        txtDate=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.in_date);
        txtTime=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.in_time);

        btnDatePicker.setOnClickListener(this);
        btnTimePicker.setOnClickListener(this);

    }

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        if (v == btnDatePicker) {

            // Get Current Date
            final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
            mYear = c.get(Calendar.YEAR);
            mMonth = c.get(Calendar.MONTH);
            mDay = c.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH);


            DatePickerDialog datePickerDialog = new DatePickerDialog(this,
                    new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() {

                        @Override
                        public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year,
                                              int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) {

                            txtDate.setText(dayOfMonth + "-" + (monthOfYear + 1) + "-" + year);

                        }
                    }, mYear, mMonth, mDay);
            datePickerDialog.show();
        }
        if (v == btnTimePicker) {

            // Get Current Time
            final Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
            mHour = c.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY);
            mMinute = c.get(Calendar.MINUTE);

            // Launch Time Picker Dialog
            TimePickerDialog timePickerDialog = new TimePickerDialog(this,
                    new TimePickerDialog.OnTimeSetListener() {

                        @Override
                        public void onTimeSet(TimePicker view, int hourOfDay,
                                              int minute) {

                            txtTime.setText(hourOfDay + ":" + minute);
                        }
                    }, mHour, mMinute, false);
            timePickerDialog.show();
        }
    }
}

In the above code we’ve created a Calendar object using Calendar.getInstance() to display the current date and time using the respective static fields. Note: The display calendar and clock are the default UI themes as provided in the AppCompat Theme. Below is the output produced by our android date time picker example application. android date time picker example This brings an end to android date time picker dialog example tutorial. You can download the final Android DateTimePickerDialog Project from the below link.

Download Android Date Time Picker Project

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F*****g thank you! been googling for 3 hours and every other tutorial was either deprecated or vague and complex. this one i did it 5 mins and it worked perfectly.

- Araz

A much simpler soultion than Googles examples with FragmentDialogs. Thanks!

- Frederik Skytte

Hi Anupam: Good Tutorial, I have the following question, I have an application where I want me to be the administrator of the calendar in which users enter and to request an appointment, but only I can accept and you get a message to users if it was or not accepted the appointment. I appreciate all your help and support.

- Mario German

Hi, I have copied these codes in my android project. the layout is correctly displayed but when I copy the java file It dosen’t work

- kholio

Thanks for this. Works perfect

- PeterOla

Thank you very much!! Easier than the all examples i found.

- Matheus Soares

how to disable past date and time ??

- gaurav

Thanks for so easy and very useful tutorial!

- Shai

how to convert month from int to name? (eg. 1 -> january, 2 -> february), any idea from adding if else ?, great tutorial btw, works perfectly on me

- dan

How to display the time in 24 hours? Currently it is showing 12 hours format and i want 24 hours format…

- Monali Khairnar

Replying to JournalDev

Hi, Change the last parameter is24hourView from false to true as shown below. TimePickerDialog timePickerDialog = new TimePickerDialog(this, new TimePickerDialog.OnTimeSetListener() { @Override public void onTimeSet(TimePicker view, int hourOfDay, int minute) { txtTime.setText(hourOfDay + “:” + minute); } }, mHour, mMinute, true); Thanks

- Anupam Chugh

To allow only the days to come to be clickable and making previous days unclickable…!!how to do that in this?

- Joy

Hi, I have created a date picker dialog and passed a custom year,date,day (ex, I have passed Feb, 2nd, 2016) .It shows me Feb 2nd is highlighted in all years. How can I avoid that and show Feb 2nd selected only in 2016.

- vamsi

hi i got error at c.get() method as “Call requires API level 24 (current min is 15)”

- swathi

Hey, Thank You! Its really helpful. saved my time.

- p

datePickerDialog.show(); showing error…please help

- nehal

thanks so much realy 2 nice work.

- rajender

I want to set the am and pm in the Timepicker field. can you please let me know how to set it.

- Natraj

TimePickerDailog.show(); DatePickerDailog.show(); Both are showing error …??

- BHAWANI SINGH

i want to know how to use start date to end date date picker in android fragment and condition is that end date date picker should be greater than start date datepicker can anybody help me

- sachin

Very helpfull

- Pkvarnwal

Awesome !

- Sanjay

is there is a way to open datepicker dialog as a yearlist view first then month then day

- gaurav Meghanahthi

Thanx It Helped me

- bhati manish

Great Help Anupam :)

- Abhijeet

this is badly designed. the year needs to be set in a different field from the month or you have to tap on the screen for 10-15 minutes to go back to the average DOB.

- Ryan Kraetsch

Very Helpful. Thank you

- Ghufran

very very easily expalined .I read so many articles for this like android developers documentation but this is very very easy

- sarath chandra damineni

Finally i find this!!! Thanks a lot

- Иван Китаев

Awesome Work Man. Thanks for such great tutorials.

- Aman

Thankyou I easily understad

- Aniket kumar

Awesome !

- Sanjay

is there is a way to open datepicker dialog as a yearlist view first then month then day

- gaurav Meghanahthi

Thanx It Helped me

- bhati manish

Great Help Anupam :)

- Abhijeet

this is badly designed. the year needs to be set in a different field from the month or you have to tap on the screen for 10-15 minutes to go back to the average DOB.

- Ryan Kraetsch

Very Helpful. Thank you

- Ghufran

very very easily expalined .I read so many articles for this like android developers documentation but this is very very easy

- sarath chandra damineni

Finally i find this!!! Thanks a lot

- Иван Китаев

Awesome Work Man. Thanks for such great tutorials.

- Aman

Thankyou I easily understad

- Aniket kumar

DatePickerDialog datePickerDialog = new DatePickerDialog(this, new DatePickerDialog.OnDateSetListener() { @Override public void onDateSet(DatePicker view, int year, int monthOfYear, int dayOfMonth) { txtDate.setText(dayOfMonth + “-” + (monthOfYear + 1) + “-” + year); } }, mYear, mMonth, mDay); ^^^ I don’t understand why in the onDateSet method, year, monthOfYear and dayOfMonth are integers but they can pass into setText method which shoud pass value as String type ?

- buiminh15

how to enable only next 7 days date

- Shaun Ritty

please help me with datepicker i wanted to add two edittext with date picker as check in date and check out date

- hazard_o7

it’s not printing the AM ,PM after the time could you clarify me

- Narendra

Awesome Work! I spend a sweet ton of time trying to implement something like this. Thank you for sharing!

- BubbleTae

Can Only Month And Year ?

- mocha

REALLY GOOD TUTORIAL !!!

- Arjun Verma

Very nice and helpful. Thanks

- Vonnie

Bro iam extends fragment instead of activty so m getting error near context please help out. Thank You

- arshad

Hello can anyone help me where i would like to add two “Time Picker” in one activity not date only two time picker . This is my set onClickonListner Pickup.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { DialogFragment timePicker = new Timepicker(); timePicker.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), “Pickup Time”); } }); Dropoff.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { DialogFragment timePicker1 = new Timepicker(); timePicker1.show(getSupportFragmentManager(), “Drop off”); } }); and Display @Override public void onTimeSet(TimePicker view, int hourOfDay, int minute) { EditText Pickup = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.PUDT); Pickup.setText(hourOfDay + ": " + minute); }

- Karan Patel

Thank you SO MUCH, You R the best

- Amal

Amazing, super thanks!

- Joseph Ali

when am changing time then time not changing in terminal but required when change the time then it should be change system time

- aakib

This tutorial is good thanks, but I have a little problem, when I click on the button my datapicker OK and CANCEL does not show for me to click on after I have picked the date. Please can any help me with that?

- Henry

hello How can i set By default PM Option from AM PM Selection…

- priyanka patel

great code is simple and understandable

- nagaraj

Thank you so much, date picker code fragment was helpful to me, i cant display a datepicker dialog in my dialog form, that code is very simple and understandable, so you are a genius.

- Pedro Avellaneda

Thank you for sharing this code. My project went smooth because of yours…

- Anom Harya

Thank you! I was looking at the so-called Clock UI. I hope you could fix the code that was wrap in lines. It’s a bit confusing to read.

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