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

can anybody suggest modifications to get the desired results?

Answer 1

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 2

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