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

I recommend using a DateFormat, like SimpleDateFormat

try {
    String timeLong = "2013-02-27 06:06:30";
    String timeShort = "16:06 AM";
    SimpleDateFormat formatLong = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss", Locale.US);
    SimpleDateFormat formatShort = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm aa", Locale.US);
    Log.v("out", formatShort.format(formatLong.parse(timeLong)));
    Log.v("out", formatShort.format(formatShort.parse(timeShort)));
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

I am tired today and I feel like I am missing something in this code so I might amend it later, but it does work and it doesn't (directly) call the deprecated Date class.