Display Java 8 Time api in this format "HH:mma" (05:53PM) and add set Time with only minutes

Question

I want to display / print out time like 02:15PM and be able to set the time just based on minutes(possibly larger than 59).

This doesn't seem to work:

    DateTimeFormatter formatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH:mma");
    String text = time.format(formatter);
    LocalTime parsedTime = LocalTime.parse(text, formatter);

it shows time like 16:15 so its the wrong 12/24 format(and am/pm missing of course)

so far I set the time like this:

void setTime(int minutes) {
    time = LocalTime.of(minutes / 60, minutes % 60);
}

is there a way to do it in a more elegant way (read: without dividing)?

I do not want to use Joda Time.

Answer 1

As discussed, use hh instead of HH for an AM/PM clock. The list of patterns is detailed in the javadoc. Example:

LocalTime time = LocalTime.of(18, 0);
DateTimeFormatter fmt = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("hh:mma");
System.out.println(fmt.format(time)); //06:00PM

As for creating a time from a number of minutes, you can use:

LocalTime.MIDNIGHT.plusMinutes(minutes);