SimpleDateFormat returns 24-hour date: how to get 12-hour date?

Question

I want current time in millis and then to store it in 12 hour format but with this piece of code I am getting 24 hour format time.

long timeInMillis = System         


        

Answer 1

Simply follow the code

public static String getFormatedDate(String strDate,StringsourceFormate,
                                     String destinyFormate) {
    SimpleDateFormat df;
    df = new SimpleDateFormat(sourceFormate);
    Date date = null;
    try {
        date = df.parse(strDate);

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

    df = new SimpleDateFormat(destinyFormate);
    return df.format(date);

}

and pass the value into the function like that,

getFormatedDate("21:30:00", "HH:mm", "hh:mm aa");

or checkout this documentation SimpleDateFormat for StringsourceFormate and destinyFormate.

Answer 2

Change HH to hh as

long timeInMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
Calendar cal1 = Calendar.getInstance();
cal1.setTimeInMillis(timeInMillis);
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat(
                                "dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");
dateforrow = dateFormat.format(cal1.getTime());

Note that dd/mm/yyyy - will give you minutes instead of the month.

Answer 3

You can try it like this

  Calendar c= Calendar.getInstance();

  SimpleDateFormat sdf= new SimpleDateFormat("dd/MM/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");
  String str=sdf.format(c.getTime());

Answer 4

SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm:ss a");

use hh in place of HH

Answer 5

I re-encounter this in the hard way as well. H vs h, for 24-hour vs 12 hour !

Answer 6

Referring to SimpleDataFormat JavaDoc:

Letter | Date or Time Component | Presentation | Examples
---------------------------------------------------------
   H   |  Hour in day (0-23)    |    Number    |    0
   h   |  Hour in am/pm (1-12)  |    Number    |    12