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Hour Format Example
Posted on: October 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM

This example shows how to format hour using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to time format.

Hour Format Example

This example shows how to format hour using Format class. In this program we use a pattern of special characters to time format.

Description of the code :

SimpleDateFormat() : SimpleDateFormat class use for formatting and parsing dates. It allows for formatting date into text , parsing text into date and normalization.

format() : This method is used for format Date class object into date / time and appends the it into the StringBuffer.

HourFormat.java




import java.text.*;

import java.util.*;



public class HourFormat {







					"#ffffff">  public static void main(String args[]) {



  String s;

  Format formatter;

  Date date = new Date();



  // The hour (1-12)

  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("h"); // 8

  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println("The hour (1-12) : " + s);



  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("hh");  // 08

  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println("The hour (1-12) : " + s);



  // The hour (0-23)

  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("H"); // 8

  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println("The hour (0-23) : " + s);



  formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH");  // 08

  s = formatter.format(date);

  System.out.println("The hour (0-23) : " + s);

  }

}

Output:


The hour (1-12) : 3

The hour (1-12) : 03

The hour (0-23) : 15

The hour (0-23) : 15

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