Utilizing angular in your project? Don't forget to incorporate $filter
$scope.timestamp = '2016-12-16 07:02:15 am'
$scope.originalStamp = $filter('date')
(new Date($scope.timestamp.replace("-","/")),'dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss a');
For detailed code, refer to the following snippet
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.4.8/angular.min.js"></script>
<body>
<div ng-app="myApp" ng-controller="datCtrl">
<p> {{originalStamp}} </p>
</div>
<script>
var app = angular.module('myApp', []);
app.controller('datCtrl', function($scope,$filter) {
$scope.timestamp = '2016-12-16 07:02:15 am'
$scope.originalStamp = $filter('date')(new Date($scope.timestamp.replace("-","/")),'dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss a');
});
</script>
<p>The date filter formats a date object to a readable format.</p>
</body>
</html>