Display Time in 24 Hour Format in Java

This post shows how to display time in 24 hour format in Java using SimpleDateFormat and DateTimeFormatter class (Java 8 onward).

Pattern for time in 24 hour format

In Java pattern for 24 hours are as follows-

H- Hour in day (0-23), will return 0-23 for hours.
k- Hour in day (1-24), will return 1-24 for hours.

As per your requirement for displaying time use the appropriate hour pattern.

Using SimpleDateFormat

Date date = new Date();
// Pattern 
SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
System.out.println("Time in 24 Hour format - " + sdf.format(date));

Output

Time in 24 Hour format – 16:13:58

Here is another program which shows the difference between using ‘HH’ and ‘kk’ as an hour format.

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Calendar;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class FormatDate {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Date date = new GregorianCalendar(2019, Calendar.SEPTEMBER, 15, 24, 20, 15).getTime();
    System.out.println("DateTime is- " + date);
    // Pattern 
    SimpleDateFormat sdf1 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy kk:mm:ss");
    SimpleDateFormat sdf2 = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MMM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
    System.out.println("Time in 24 Hour format - " + sdf1.format(date));
    System.out.println("Time in 24 Hour format - " + sdf2.format(date));
  }
}

Output

DateTime is- Mon Sep 16 00:20:15 IST 2019
Time in 24 Hour format - 16-Sep-2019 24:20:15
Time in 24 Hour format - 16-Sep-2019 00:20:15

Using DateTimeFormatter

Java 8 onward you can use new date and time API classes like LocalTime for representing time and DateTimeFormatter for specifying pattern.

LocalTime time = LocalTime.now();
// Pattern 
DateTimeFormatter pattern = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mm:ss");
System.out.println("Time in 24 Hour format - " + time.format(pattern));

Output

Time in 24 Hour format - 16:28:08

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