Use the SimpleDateFormat class to display time in 12-hour format.Set the formatDate dt = new Date(); SimpleDateFormat dateFormat; dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss a");Now, the following will display time in 12-hour formatdateFormat.format(dt)The following is an exampleExample Live Demoimport java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {       Date dt = new Date();       SimpleDateFormat dateFormat;       dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss a");       System.out.println("Time in 12 hr format = "+dateFormat.format(dt));    } }OutputTime in 12 hr format = 11:33:53 AM

To list short weekday names, use the getShortWeekdays() from the DateFormatSymbols class in Java.DateFormatSymbols is a class for encapsulating localizable date-time formatting data.Get short weekday names in an arrayString[] days = new DateFormatSymbols().getShortWeekdays();Display the weekdayfor (int i = 0; i < days.length; i++) { String weekday = days[i]; System.out.println(weekday); }The following is an example −Example Live Demoimport java.text.DateFormatSymbols; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       String[] days = new DateFormatSymbols().getShortWeekdays();       for (int i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {          String weekday = days[i];          System.out.println(weekday);       }    } }OutputSun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

To list short months, use the getShortMonths() from the DateFormatSymbols class in Java.DateFormatSymbols is a class for encapsulating localizable date-time formatting data.Get short month names in an arrayString[] months = new DateFormatSymbols().getShortMonths();Display the monthsfor (int i = 0; i < months.length - 1; i++) { String month = months[i]; System.out.println("Month ["+i+"] = " + month); }The following is an example −Example Live Demoimport java.text.DateFormatSymbols;    public class Demo {       public static void main(String[] args) {       // short months       String[] months = new DateFormatSymbols().getShortMonths();       for (int i = 0; i ... Read More

For date formatting symbols, use the DateFormatSymbols class.Firstly, set weekdays using a string arrayString[] weekDays2 = { "", "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", "friday", "saturday", "sunday" };Now, set short week days withDateFormatSymbols mySymbols = new DateFormatSymbols(); mySymbols.setShortWeekdays(weekDays2);Get the date −dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEEE, dd MMM yyyy", mySymbols); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(new Date()));The following is an example −Example Live Demoimport java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.text.DateFormat; import java.text.DateFormatSymbols; import java.util.Date; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] args) {       String[] weekDays1 = { "", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday", "Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday", "Sunday" };       String[] weekDays2 = { "", "monday", "tuesday", "wednesday", "thursday", ... Read More

Firstly, set the time with SimpleDateFormat classFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("h:m:s");Now, for custom format, let us fetch the hour, minute and second individuallyHour// hour dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("h"); String strHour = dateFormat.format(new Date()); System.out.println("Hour: "+strHour);Minute// minute dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("m"); String strMinute = dateFormat.format(new Date()); System.out.println("Minute: "+strMinute);Second// second dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("s"); String strSecond = dateFormat.format(new Date()); System.out.println("Second: "+strSecond);The following is an example −Example Live Demoimport java.text.Format; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {       Format dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("h:m:s");       String str = dateFormat.format(new Date());   ... Read More

Firstly, set the format with SimpleDateFormat classFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd/MM/yyyy");Above, the “EEE” is set to display the name of the day i.e. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, etc.Now, to display the date −String res = dateFormat.format(new Date());The following is an example −Example Live Demoimport java.text.Format; import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Date; public class Demo {    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {       Format dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("EEE, dd/MM/yyyy");       String res = dateFormat.format(new Date());       System.out.println("Date = " + res);    } }OutputDate = Thu, 22/11/2018

Firstly, set the locale −Locale[] strLocales = { US, UK, GERMANY};Now, let us set the date formats i.e. different constants −int[] constants = { SHORT, MEDIUM, LONG }; String[] str = { "SHORT", "MEDIUM", "LONG" };Loop through and get the different date formats for different countries −for (Locale country : strLocales) {    System.out.println(""+ country.getDisplayCountry() + ".....");    for (int i = 0; i < constants.length; i++) {       dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateInstance(constants[i], country);       System.out.println(str[i] + " constant = " + dateFormat.format(dt));    } }The following is an exampleExample Live Demoimport static java.text.DateFormat.*; import static java.util.Locale.*; import ... Read More

The following pattern letters are defined (all other characters from 'A' to 'Z' and from 'a' to 'z' are reserved) for Date and Time in JavaReference − Oracle JavaLetterDate or Time ComponentPresentationExamplesGEra designatorTextADYYearYear1996; 96YWeek yearYear2009; 09MMonth in yearMonthJuly; Jul; 07WWeek in yearNumber27WWeek in monthNumber2DDay in yearNumber189DDay in monthNumber10FDay of week in monthNumber2EDay name in weekTextTuesday; TueUDay number of week (1 = Monday, ..., 7 = Sunday)Number1AAm/pm markerTextPMHHour in day (0-23)Number0KHour in day (1-24)Number24KHour in am/pm (0-11)Number0hHour in am/pm (1-12)Number12mMinute in hourNumber30sSecond in minuteNumber55SMillisecondNumber978zTime zoneGeneral time zonePacific Standard Time; PST; GMT-08:00ZTime zoneRFC 822 time zone-800XTime zoneThe above pattern letters are combined ... Read More

System.out.format is used in Java to format output.Firstly, create a Calendar object −Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();Now, use theDate-Time conversion characters to get the date, month and year −System.out.format("%te %tB, %tY%n", calendar, calendar, calendar);The following is the complete example −Example Live Demoimport java.util.Locale; import java.util.Calendar; public class TestFormat {    public static void main(String[] args) {       Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();       System.out.format("%te %tB, %tY%n", calendar, calendar, calendar);    } }Output22 November, 2018

To format date, let us see the DateFormat.SHORT as well as DateFormat.LONG constants. Both of them displays different patterns.Here, we are formatting dates with getDateTimeInstance() method. Use the method to get a date and time format.For DateFormat.SHORT constant −DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime()));For DateFormat.LONG constant −dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG, DateFormat.LONG); System.out.println(dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime()));The following is an example −Example Live Demoimport java.text.DateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; public class Demo {    public static void main(String s[]) {       Calendar calendar = Calendar.getInstance();       // for SHORT date-time       DateFormat dateFormat = DateFormat.getDateTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT, DateFormat.SHORT);       System.out.println(dateFormat.format(calendar.getTime()));       ... Read More