Hour and Minutes are appearing with single digits

Question

I am using below method to display the time.

public static String getTimeByTimezone(String timeZone,Calendar localTime){     

        String time ="";
        Calendar indiaTime = new GregorianCalendar(TimeZone.getTimeZone(timeZone));
        indiaTime.setTimeInMillis(localTime.getTimeInMillis());
        int hour = indiaTime.get(Calendar.HOUR);
        int minute = indiaTime.get(Calendar.MINUTE);
        int second = indiaTime.get(Calendar.SECOND);
        int year = indiaTime.get(Calendar.YEAR);
//      /int am = indiaTime.get(Calendar.AM_PM);
        //System.out.printf("India time: %02d:%02d:%02d %02d\n", hour, minute, second, year);

        time = hour+":"+minute; 

        if(indiaTime.get(Calendar.AM_PM)==0)
            time=time+" AM";
        else
            time=time+" PM";
return time;
}

So what ever result is coming, if hour is less then 10 its appearing with single digits and same with the minutes, if minute is less then 10 its appearing with one digit. Ex: For Hour - > Getting: 9:15 AM Expected: 09:15 AM For Minute -> Getting: 9:8 AM Expected: 09:08 AM Can anybody tell me how to deal with digits.

Perhaps you should use a [`DateFormat`](http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/text/DateFormat.html). — khelwood, Dec 19 '16 at 13:27
`08:00` is a `String`, `9:8` on the other hand are digits, (or do you write `08+09`?). For a `String` representation of the time use a `Formater` and the proper format you do want — SomeJavaGuy, Dec 19 '16 at 13:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 19 '16 at 13:35

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You could format your time String better :

time = String.format("%02d:%02d", 1, 5);   // = 01:05

However the way to go is to use a DateFormat :

SimpleDateFormat f = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a");
f.format(indiaTime.getTime()); // = 01:05 PM

answered Dec 19 '16 at 13:35

Aaron

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Hour and Minutes are appearing with single digits

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