android - store in date format without showing all the details (GMT , time) -

is possible store current date in file no string?

what mean:

if use :

simpledateformat thedate = new simpledateformat("dd/mm/yyyy");  date d=new date(); string formatteddate=thedate.format(d); date.add(formatteddate); 

it stores (with format want) in date list (which string list).

i want 'date' date list , store file.

is possible store dd/mm/yyyy ?because this:

simpledateformat thedate = new simpledateformat("dd/mm/yyyy");  date d=new date(); date.add(d); 

it stores

thu apr 18 17:06:14 gmt+03:00 2013

try above code:

simpledateformat dateformat = new simpledateformat("yyyy-mm-dd");  date date = new date(); dateformat.format(date); 

this not save date string(as desire) , format current date according need. haven't tested right now, have used before pretty sure works. hope helps. if not please comment.

update

i tried following:

    list<date> d = new arraylist<date>();     simpledateformat dateformat = new simpledateformat("dd/mm/yyyy");      date date = new date();     string s = dateformat.format(date);     try {         d.add(dateformat.parse(s));     } catch (parseexception e1) {         // todo auto-generated catch block         e1.printstacktrace();     }     log.d("try","newdatestring: "+ d.get(0));     log.d("try","newdate: "+ d.get(0).getdate()+" "+d.get(0).getmonth()+" "+(d.get(0).getyear()+1900)); 

it works , following result got:

    newdatestring: thu apr 18 00:00:00 edt 2013     new date: 18 3 2013 

so can is, save date above , when retrieving date file may choose day/month/year date object saved.