Question

How to format the current time into a String using String.format() in Java

Answer 1

package javaapplication1;

import java.time.Instant;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;

public class JavaApplication1 {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

        try {

            Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
            cal.setTime(Date.from(Instant.now()));
      
            String s = String.format("Hour: %1$tH Minute: %1$tM Second: %1$tS AM/PM: %1$tp", cal);

            
            System.out.println(s);

        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.print(e.toString());
        }
    }
}

/*
             
run:

Hour: 19 Minute: 57 Second: 41 AM/PM: pm
    
 */

 

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