I have java util date as Thu Feb 28 15:35:00 GMT+00:00 2013
How to convert it to HH:MM
.
I am trying to do this via below snippet:
SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:MM");
formatter.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("GMT"));
return formatter.format(objDate);
Its giving right result for dd mmm
but always giving minutes as 02 for HH:MM
Please suggest me what is wrong in this function?
use
MM
is the month value inSimpleDateFormat
. You wantmm
. Note that usingHH
will give you the 24 hour clock (00-23)... you can usehh
for the 12 hour clock (01-12) but you probably also want the am/pm designator in that case.See the documentation for
SimpleDateFormat
for more details of the various format specifiers available.Also note that for internationalization purposes, you might be better off with:
... so that it will use the appropriate "short time format" for the given locale. That's appropriate if this is for display (human-readable) purposes; for computer-readable formats, it's fine to create a custom format but I'd recommend explicitly using
Locale.US
to avoid getting different calendars and format symbols (e.g. the time separator).