diff --git a/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/mifosxdroid/online/clientdetails/ClientDetailsFragment.java b/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/mifosxdroid/online/clientdetails/ClientDetailsFragment.java
index 92dac9c655d..a902cda3243 100755
--- a/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/mifosxdroid/online/clientdetails/ClientDetailsFragment.java
+++ b/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/mifosxdroid/online/clientdetails/ClientDetailsFragment.java
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ public void showClientInformation(Client client) {
                 rowExternal.setVisibility(GONE);
 
             try {
-                String dateString = Utils.getStringOfDate(getActivity(),
+                String dateString = Utils.getStringOfDate(
                         client.getActivationDate());
                 tv_activationDate.setText(dateString);
 
diff --git a/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/mifosxdroid/online/groupdetails/GroupDetailsFragment.java b/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/mifosxdroid/online/groupdetails/GroupDetailsFragment.java
index 5cf13e71c3b..b38b9acccbe 100644
--- a/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/mifosxdroid/online/groupdetails/GroupDetailsFragment.java
+++ b/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/mifosxdroid/online/groupdetails/GroupDetailsFragment.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public void showGroup(Group group) {
             tv_externalId.setText(group.getExternalId());
 
             try {
-                String dateString = Utils.getStringOfDate(getActivity(), group.getActivationDate());
+                String dateString = Utils.getStringOfDate(group.getActivationDate());
                 tv_activationDate.setText(dateString);
 
                 if (TextUtils.isEmpty(dateString))
diff --git a/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/utils/Utils.java b/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/utils/Utils.java
index 1d35a6de8f5..e04c7b8764d 100644
--- a/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/utils/Utils.java
+++ b/mifosng-android/src/main/java/com/mifos/utils/Utils.java
@@ -13,11 +13,10 @@
 import com.mifos.objects.accounts.savings.SavingsAccount;
 
 import java.text.DateFormat;
-import java.text.ParseException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.TimeZone;
 
 import rx.Observable;
 import rx.functions.Action1;
@@ -125,21 +124,19 @@ public void call(SavingsAccount savingsAccount) {
     /**
      * This Method Converting the List<Integer> of Activation Date to String.
      *
-     * @param context Context
      * @param dateObj List<Integer> of Date
      * @return
      */
-    public static String getStringOfDate(Context context, List<Integer> dateObj) {
-        SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM yyyy",
-                context.getResources().getConfiguration().locale);
-        Date date = null;
-        try {
-            date = simpleDateFormat.parse(DateHelper.getDateAsString(dateObj));
-        } catch (ParseException e) {
-            Log.d(LOG_TAG, e.getLocalizedMessage());
-        }
+    public static String getStringOfDate(List<Integer> dateObj) {
+        Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();
+        calendar.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
+        calendar.set(Calendar.YEAR, dateObj.get(0));
+        //in Calendar months are indexed from 0 to 11
+        calendar.set(Calendar.MONTH, dateObj.get(1) - 1);
+        calendar.set(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH, dateObj.get(2));
+
         DateFormat df = DateFormat.getDateInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);
-        return df.format(date);
+        return df.format(calendar.getTime());
     }
 
     public static LayerDrawable setCircularBackground(int colorId, Context context) {
@@ -148,4 +145,4 @@ public static LayerDrawable setCircularBackground(int colorId, Context context)
         LayerDrawable ld = new LayerDrawable(new Drawable[]{image, color});
         return ld;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}