Returning a time in String

Question

I'm trying to write a method to return a Time in util.Date to a string. I am getting '0' when i am trying to return whether the time is in AM or PM and the minutes are not displaying the 0 in front. I am trying to return the time in the format of HH:mm am_pm

Here is my method:

public String getTime() {
  Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
  int hr = cal.get(Calendar.HOUR);
  int min = cal.get(Calendar.MINUTE);

  return String.valueOf(hr) + ":" + String.valueOf(min) + " " + cal.get(Calendar.AM_PM);
}

Input: 2:00 (HH:mm SimpleDateFormat in a JFormattedTextField)

Output: 2:0 0

EDIT: tried using the SimpleDateFormat but i am getting a type mistmatch error

public String getTime()
{
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm aa");
    date = format.toString().toString();
    return date;
}

`cal.get()` always returns an integer. `AM` = 0, `PM` = 1. They are defined constants. — Matt Johnson-Pint, May 30 '13 at 22:58

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '13 at 22:58

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Something like this will do:

DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm aa");
String timeNow = df.format(new Date());

answered May 30 '13 at 22:58

gerrytan

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '13 at 23:00

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Use SimpleDateFormat instead.

public String getTime() {
    // If you want the current hour
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm aa");
    return format.format(new Date());
}

answered May 30 '13 at 23:00

Diogo Moreira

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 30 '13 at 23:00

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cal.get(Calendar.AM_PM) returns 0 for AM and 1 for PM. Replace the last line with:

return String.valueOf(hr) + ":" + String.valueOf(min) + " " + cal.get(Calendar.AM_PM) == Calendar.AM ? "am" : "pm";

Consider using SimpleDateFormat.

answered May 30 '13 at 23:00

Svilen Ivanov

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Returning a time in String

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