Date date = new Date();
df = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm", Locale.US);
String localizedDate = df.format(date)

Commonly used patterns:

• HH: hour (0-23)
• hh: hour (1-12)
• a: AM/PM marker
• mm: minute (0-59)
• ss: second
• dd: day in month (1-31)
• MM: month
• yyyy: year