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V2 getServerModified date format
I'm transitioning to v2 on Android. I use the modified date and time to know when is a good time to backup again. In the migration documentation it says: Date formats v1: All dates in the API ...
The documentation you quoted is referring to the format sent by the API in the HTTP response itself. That format is stable.
When using the Java SDK, the responses are translated into native objects for you. For example, FileMetadata.getServerModified returns a Java Date object. The Java Date.toString method by default does give a date string of the format "dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy". The stability of that format is up to the stability of Java. You can alteratively format it however you want, e.g., using DateFormat.
Greg-DB
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Dropbox Community ModeratorThe documentation you quoted is referring to the format sent by the API in the HTTP response itself. That format is stable.
When using the Java SDK, the responses are translated into native objects for you. For example, FileMetadata.getServerModified returns a Java Date object. The Java Date.toString method by default does give a date string of the format "dow mon dd hh:mm:ss zzz yyyy". The stability of that format is up to the stability of Java. You can alteratively format it however you want, e.g., using DateFormat.
Fantastic, thank you very much
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