How to Display Time in AM-PM Format in Java

In this post we'll see how to display time in 12 hours format with AM-PM in Java.

In order to display time with AM-PM in Java, in the pattern you are creating for the format either with SimpleDateFormat (if you are not using Java 8) or with DateFormatter (if you are using Java 8) just add the pattern letter ‘a’ which denotes AM-PM of the day.

Displaying time in AM-PM format - Java SimpleDateFormat Example

If you are using the java.util.Date and SimpleDateFormat then the format you need to use to show time in AM-PM format is as following.

Date date = new Date();
// Pattern 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss a");
System.out.println("TIME - " + sdf.format(date));

Output

TIME - 13:09:55 PM

Displaying time with AM-PM format - Java DateFormatter Example

If you are using the new Date and Time API in Java 8, then you can use the DateFormatter class, pattern remains the same as used above for showing time in AM-PM format in Java.

//Getting time
LocalTime t2 = LocalTime.now();
// Pattern
DateTimeFormatter df = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm:ss a");
String text = t2.format(df);
System.out.println("Time - " + text);

Output

Time - 13:11:15 PM

Another example – Showing AM

LocalTime t1 = LocalTime.of(5, 30, 56);
DateTimeFormatter df = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm:ss a");
String text = t1.format(df);
System.out.println("Time - " + text);

Output

Time - 05:30:56 AM

That's all for this topic How to Display Time in AM-PM Format in Java. If you have any doubt or any suggestions to make please drop a comment. Thanks!

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