import java.text.SimpleDateFormat; import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.GregorianCalendar; import javax.swing.JFormattedTextField; import javax.swing.JSpinner; import javax.swing.SpinnerDateModel; import javax.swing.text.DateFormatter; import javax.swing.text.DefaultFormatterFactory; public class Main { public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception { Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(); calendar.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 13); // 1pm SpinnerDateModel dateModel = new SpinnerDateModel(calendar.getTime(), null, null, Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY); JSpinner spinner = new JSpinner(dateModel); JFormattedTextField tf = ((JSpinner.DefaultEditor) spinner.getEditor()).getTextField(); DefaultFormatterFactory factory = (DefaultFormatterFactory) tf.getFormatterFactory(); DateFormatter formatter = (DateFormatter) factory.getDefaultFormatter(); // Change the date format to only show the hours formatter.setFormat(new SimpleDateFormat("hh:00 a")); //formatter.setFormat(new SimpleDateFormat("HH:00 a")); } }