How to convert Local time to am/pm time format using JodaTime?

Question

I'm very new to Joda api and I have the call like this:

 LocalTime time = new LocalTime("13");

it prints as:13:00:00.000.

I wish I could display it like this: 1:00 PM.

How I can achieve that?

Thanks in advance

duplicate? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18734452/display-current-time-in-12-hour-format-with-am-pm — the_marcelo_r, Sep 03 '14 at 13:48
@theMarceloR not a duplicate. The one you linked to is using `SimpleDateFormat` while @batman is asking about JodaTime — Freiheit, Sep 03 '14 at 13:50
Ok, I stand corrected, here's my upvote to @batman. BTW, I'm a huge fan. — the_marcelo_r, Sep 03 '14 at 13:55

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 03 '14 at 13:49

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Try the following:

DateTimeFormatter builder = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("hh:mm:ss.SSa");

answered Sep 03 '14 at 13:49

ltalhouarne

its throwing me an error:Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "09:00:00.000" is malformed at "0" for new LocalTime("9"), when I call builder.parseLocalTime(time.toString()) – batman Sep 03 '14 at 13:58
@batman Why do you want to parse now? In your question you speak about formatting/printing, and this answer is sufficient for that purpose. If you want to parse a string in another format then you need another pattern, of course. – Meno Hochschild Sep 03 '14 at 15:01
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@StackFlowed I dislike the "holier than thou, gatekeepers of knowledge" attitude. There's a difference btwn documentation and knowledge. That's why classes are taught with both teachers and books. – ekeyser Jun 26 '15 at 18:16

Jeff Anderson · Answer 2 · 2014-09-03T15:28:48.310

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I did this:

    LocalTime time = new LocalTime("13");    
    DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormat.forPattern("h:mm a");
    String str = fmt.print(time);

And got this output for str:

"1:00 PM"

edited Sep 03 '14 at 15:28

answered Sep 03 '14 at 14:00

Jeff Anderson

Giving me error like this its throwing me an error:Exception in thread "main" java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid format: "09:00:00.000" is malformed at "0" for new LocalTime("9"), when I call builder.parseLocalTime(time.toString()) – batman Sep 03 '14 at 14:18

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