gist.java

/* The date/time conversion code is going to be moved outside the asynctask later,
 * so for convenience we're breaking it out into its own method now.
 */
private String getReadableDateString(long time){
    // Because the API returns a unix timestamp (measured in seconds),
    // it must be converted to milliseconds in order to be converted to valid date.
    SimpleDateFormat shortenedDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE MMM dd");
    return shortenedDateFormat.format(time);
}