Java Program To Formatting Minutes using Simple Date Format

/*
  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
*/