Java SimpleDateFormat am/pm

Question

I get an Date with format: MM-dd-yy hhmma zzz. The problem is that i only get an A for AM or P for PM. How can I parse a string with that format to a date object?

• Alex

Answer 1

Use this 'a'

example: MM-dd-yy hhmma a;

Visit http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/SimpleDateFormat.html

Answer 2

This pattern is working for me:

dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm:ss a

It prints the information in this format: 12-02-2016 03:50:07 PM