/*
Formatting Minutes using SimpleDateFormat
This example shows how to format minute field using Java SimpleDateFormat class. Minutes
can be formatted in either m or mm formats.
*/
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class FormattingMinute {
public static void main(String[] args) {
//create Date object
Date date = new Date();
//formatting minute in m format like 1,2 etc.
String strDateFormat = "m";
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
System.out.println("minutes in m format : " + sdf.format(date));
//formatting minutes in mm format like 01, 02 etc.
strDateFormat = "mm";
sdf = new SimpleDateFormat(strDateFormat);
System.out.println("minutes in mm format : " + sdf.format(date));
}
}
/*
Typical output would be
minutes in m format : 3
minutes in mm format : 03
*/
