android - How can I store a Date object in SharedPreferences? -

i need put date object in shared preferences editor.

what datatype convert storing in shared preferences? write prefeditor.putstring("idetails1", idetails1); string , elements.

how do that? can use date object too?

private edittext pdisplaydate; private imageview ppickdate; private int pyear; private int pmonth; private int pday; /** integer uniquely define dialog used displaying date picker.*/ static final int date_dialog_id = 0;  date date;  private datepickerdialog.ondatesetlistener pdatesetlistener = new datepickerdialog.ondatesetlistener() {     public void ondateset(datepicker view, int year,      int monthofyear, int dayofmonth) {        pyear = year;        pmonth = monthofyear;        pday = dayofmonth;        updatedisplay();        displaytoast();     } };  private void updatedisplay() {     pdisplaydate.settext(        new stringbuilder()        // month 0 based add 1        .append(pmonth + 1).append("/")        .append(pday).append("/")        .append(pyear).append(" ")     ); }  private void displaytoast() {     toast.maketext(this,          new stringbuilder()         .append("date choosen ")         .append(pdisplaydate.gettext()),         toast.length_short).show(); } 

can use date object too??

the simpliest way think can use convert date string representation. can convert date object using date formatter.

string datestring = date.tostring(); sharedpreferences p = preferencemanager.getdefaultsharedpreferences(<context>); p.edit().putstring("date", datestring).commit(); 

update:

also how @mceley pointed out, can convert date long , put long value:

long datetime = date.gettime(); sharedpreferences p = preferencemanager.getdefaultsharedpreferences(<context>); p.edit().putlong("date", datetime).commit();