Android notification using notification builder

To work following code for android version before 3.0, You need to add android support library.

Intent notificationIntent = new Intent(ctx, YourClass.class);
PendingIntent contentIntent = PendingIntent.getActivity(ctx,
        YOUR_PI_REQ_CODE, notificationIntent,
        PendingIntent.FLAG_CANCEL_CURRENT);

NotificationManager nm = (NotificationManager) ctx
        .getSystemService(Context.NOTIFICATION_SERVICE);

Resources res = ctx.getResources();
Notification.Builder builder = new Notification.Builder(ctx);

builder.setContentIntent(contentIntent)
            .setSmallIcon(R.drawable.some_img)
            .setLargeIcon(BitmapFactory.decodeResource(res, R.drawable.some_big_img))
            .setTicker(res.getString(R.string.your_ticker))
            .setWhen(System.currentTimeMillis())
            .setAutoCancel(true)
            .setContentTitle(res.getString(R.string.your_notif_title))
            .setContentText(res.getString(R.string.your_notif_text));
Notification n = builder.build();

nm.notify(YOUR_NOTIF_ID, n);

android string to date or date to string format

public class DateFormatClass {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        String mytime="Jan 17, 2012";
        SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
                "MMM dd, yyyy");
        Date myDate = null;
        try {
            myDate = dateFormat.parse(mytime);

        } catch (ParseException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        SimpleDateFormat timeFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd");
        String finalDate = timeFormat.format(myDate);

        System.out.println(finalDate);
    }
}