Insert a time stamp into database via ContentValues
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26-09-2019 - |
Question
In Android, is it possible to insert a time stamp into a database using ContentValues
? When I try to add it using something like this:
ContentValues args = new ContentValues();
args.put(MY_DATE, my_date);
I get an error telling me that my_date
needs to be a String
. Any suggestions on how to achieve this?
Solution
Neither Date
nor Calendar
are valid things to put in a ContentValues
. The most efficient format, I think, is to convert the Date
to milliseconds (getTime()
) and store that in an INTEGER
column.
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