[MOD] Change date string format in extended notification

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Changing the date format
I own the VZW variant of the phone, but it seems this file is the same with all variants.

This mod will achieve this:


Method 1
1. Locate DateView.smali in smali\com\android\systemui\statusbar\policy
2. On line 262 delete

invoke-static {v0}, Landroid/text/format/DateFormat;->getLongDateFormat(Landroid/content/Context;)Ljava/text/DateFormat;

3. Add

const-string v4, "EEEE, MMM d, yyyy"

invoke-static {v4, v3}, Landroid/text/format/DateFormat;->format(Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Ljava/util/Date;)Ljava/lang/CharSequence;

4. I prefer the "Day of week, Month (short), Day (w/o leading 0), Year" format, but you may choose to format it how you wish. Use this to help you with formatting.

Method 2
If you already like the way I've formatted the date. You can simply replace your DateView.smali with mine and compile your SystemUI.

Originally Posted by rehpyc

Changing the date format
I own the VZW variant of the phone, but it seems this file is the same with all variants.

This mod will achieve this:


Method 1
1. Locate DateView.smali in smali\com\android\systemui\statusbar\policy
2. On line 262 delete

invoke-static {v0}, Landroid/text/format/DateFormat;->getLongDateFormat(Landroid/content/Context;)Ljava/text/DateFormat;

3. Add

const-string v4, "EEEE, MMM d, yyyy"

invoke-static {v4, v3}, Landroid/text/format/DateFormat;->format(Ljava/lang/CharSequence;Ljava/util/Date;)Ljava/lang/CharSequence;

4. I prefer the "Day of week, Month (short), Day (w/o leading 0), Year" format, but you may choose to format it how you wish. Use this to help you with formatting.

Method 2
If you already like the way I've formatted the date. You can simply replace your DateView.smali with mine and compile your SystemUI.

Hi,

I'm not a programmer/developer - so how would the 'ordinary' person make this type of change? Is there a tool that I can download to my device or a tool to download to my desktop and copy the file over to my device?

I'm interested in this because I like a longer date view in my notification bar. Also - is there a mod for performing the same type of modification for the lock screen date format?