Android Format calendar to output time

Question

I am using the below code to set an alarm. I would like to output what the time for this would be. I don't know if I going about this the wrong way. If I output the variable cal it has a long string of information. How do I extract only the hour and minutes?

    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    // add 5 minutes to the calendar object
    cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 464);

Answer 1

You can use the static constants as m0skit0 says, or use SimpleDateFormat. Here's some code to show both methods:

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.add(Calendar.MINUTE, 464);
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
System.out.println(sdf.format(cal.getTime()));
System.out.println(cal.get(Calendar.HOUR)+":"+cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE));

outputs:

05:31
5:31

Answer 2

Use the get() method on your Calendar object, and use Calendar static constants for the needed field (hour, minute, etc...).

For example:

cal.get(Calendar.Minute);