Formatting Time

DateFormat class provides various formats to format the time. DateFormat.getTimeInstance() method is to be used. See the example below.

Example

In following example we’ll show how to use different formats to format time.

Open Compiler

importjava.text.DateFormat;importjava.util.Date;publicclassI18NTester{publicstaticvoidmain(String[] args){DateFormat dateFormat =DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.DEFAULT);System.out.println(dateFormat.format(newDate()));

      dateFormat =DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);System.out.println(dateFormat.format(newDate()));

      dateFormat =DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.MEDIUM);System.out.println(dateFormat.format(newDate()));

      dateFormat =DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG);System.out.println(dateFormat.format(newDate()));

      dateFormat =DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL);System.out.println(dateFormat.format(newDate()));}}

Output

It will print the following result.

2:36:09 PM
2:36 PM
2:36:09 PM
2:36:09 PM IST
2:36:09 PM India Standard Time