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

See code example below:

SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm");
String formattedDate = df.format(new Date());
out.println(formattedDate);

Answer 2

Yep, confirmed that simply using hh instead of HH fixed my issue.

Changed from this:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm aa");

To this:

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm aa");

You can still use HH to store the time if you don't want to bother storing and dealing with the AM/PM. Then when you retrieve it, use hh.

Answer 3

Hi I tested below code that worked fine :

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