Display current time in 12 hour format with AM/PM

use "hh:mm a" instead of "HH:mm a". Here hh for 12 hour format and HH for 24 hour format.

Live Demo

Use this SimpleDateFormat formatDate = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a");

Java docs for SimpleDateFormat

Easiest way to get it by using date pattern - h:mm a, where

• h - Hour in am/pm (1-12)
• m - Minute in hour
• a - Am/pm marker

Code snippet :

DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a");

Read more on documentation - SimpleDateFormat java 7