different time results with Locale

Question

    SimpleDateFormat formato =new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
    Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
    String fecha11 = String.valueOf(formato.format(cal.getTime()));

    Locale locale = new Locale("es", "ES");
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:MM:ss", locale);
    String fecha22 = String.valueOf(format.format(cal.getTime()));

Results: 14:06:12 (same that hour in my device) 14:16:55 (with Locale("es", "ES"))

And yes, i am in Spain (Bcn) ¬¬' somebody would explain me why?? And next question, is it happen when i change Locale to others countries?

Thanks,

Àlex

Answer 1

In your second example: SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:MM:ss", locale);, you are using MM instead of mm, so it is the month number instead of the minutes that gets printed (is should be 05 for May though).

Answer 2

mm is minutes. MM is month

your second format is Hour:Month:Seconds

edited after assylias comment