convert timestamp into current date in android

Question

private String getDate(long time) {
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH);
    cal.setTimeInMillis(time * 1000);
    String date = DateFormat.format("dd-MM-yyyy", cal).toString();
    return date;
}

notice that I put the time in setTimeInMillis as long and not as int, notice my date format has MM and not mm (mm is for minutes, and not months, this is why you have a value of “41” where the months should be)

for Kotlin users:

fun getDate(timestamp: Long) :String {
   val calendar = Calendar.getInstance(Locale.ENGLISH)
   calendar.timeInMillis = timestamp * 1000L
   val date = DateFormat.format("dd-MM-yyyy",calendar).toString()
   return date
}

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