Convert time value to format “hh:mm Am/Pm” using Android

Question

I am getting date value from database like \"2013-02-27 06:06:30\" using StringTokenizer I will get time separately like below

String startTime = \"2013-02         


        

Answer 1

1 Assuming you need to show the current time in the format 09:30 PM. This would be a fairly easy approach. Even if you don't require it for the current time, you should be able to use the below DateFormat for your requirement.

Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
DateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("KK:mm a");
String formattedTime = outputFormat.format(cal.getTime());

2 Note: The following formatter can be used to display the same time in 24-hour format (21:30).

new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");

3 However, if you want to construct the same format as in my first point, it is best to use the following code as Java discourages the use of StringTokenizer. You can read about it here, http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/StringTokenizer.html

Hope this would help you, thanks!

    String startTime = "2013-02-27 21:06:30";
    String[] parts = startTime.split(" ");

    DateFormat outputFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("KK:mm a");
    SimpleDateFormat parseFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss");


    try {
        Date dt = parseFormat.parse(parts[1]);
        System.out.println(outputFormat.format(dt));
    } catch(ParseException exc) {
        exc.printStackTrace();
    }