Display just hour and minute using Formatter in Java

Firstly, create a Formatter and a Calendar object.

Formatter f = new Formatter();
Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();

To display hour using Formatter class, use the ‘l’ conversion a character −

f = new Formatter();
System.out.println(f.format("Hour: %tl", c));

To display minute using Formatter class, use the ‘M’ conversion character −

f = new Formatter();
System.out.println(f.format("Minute: %1$tM", c));

The following is an example −

Example

 Live Demo

import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Formatter;
public class Demo {
   public static void main(String args[]) {
      Formatter f = new Formatter();
      Calendar c = Calendar.getInstance();
      System.out.println("Current date and time: "+c.getTime());
      f = new Formatter();
      System.out.println(f.format("Hour and Minute with AM/ PM: %tl:%1$tM %1$Tp", c));
      f = new Formatter();
      System.out.println(f.format("Hour: %tl", c));
      f = new Formatter();
      System.out.println(f.format("Minute: %1$tM", c));
   }
}

Output

Current date and time: Mon Nov 26 07:35:43 UTC 2018
Hour and Minute with AM/ PM: 7:35 AM
Hour: 7
Minute: 35