Java Utililty Methods Parse Time

Calendar parseTime(Calendar c, String time)
return a calendar from a cal and time

if (time.matches("\\d(\\d)?:\\d(\\d)?")) {
 SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
 c.setTime(sdf.parse(time));
 return c;
} else {
 return null;

Date parseTime(char[] timeChars)
Parse a time character array as defined in PKCS#11 and return is as a Date object.

Date time = null;
if ((timeChars != null) && timeChars.length > 2) {
 String timeString = new String(timeChars, 0, timeChars.length - 2);
 try {
 SimpleDateFormat utc = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddhhmmss");
 utc.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
 time = utc.parse(timeString);
 } catch (ParseException ex) {
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long ParseTime(final String time)
Parse Time

final String[] timeString = time.split(":");
int hour = Integer.parseInt(timeString[0]), minute = Integer.parseInt(timeString[1]),
 second = Integer.parseInt(timeString[2]);
Calendar now = new GregorianCalendar();
now.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, hour);
now.set(Calendar.MINUTE, minute);
now.set(Calendar.SECOND, second);
return now.getTimeInMillis();
...

Date parseTime(String currDate, String format)
parse Time

SimpleDateFormat dtFormatdB = null;
try {
 dtFormatdB = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
 return dtFormatdB.parse(currDate);
} catch (Exception e) {
 dtFormatdB = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
 try {
 return dtFormatdB.parse(currDate);
...

Date parseTime(String date, String format)
parse Time

if (date == null) {
 return null;
try {
 return new SimpleDateFormat(format).parse(date);
} catch (ParseException e) {
 throw new RuntimeException(e);

Date parseTime(String s)
Parses text in 'HH:mm:ss' format to produce a time.

return FORMAT_HMS.parse(s);

java.util.Date parseTime(String sTime)
Parse the given time ( supposed to be in ISO format : "HH:MM:SS" )

if (sTime == null)
 return null;
if (sTime.length() == 0)
 return null;
char c = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < 8; i++) 
 c = sTime.charAt(i);
...

Date parseTime(String str)
Parses time of day in hh:mm aa format.

ParsePosition pos = new ParsePosition(0);
Date result = timeFormatter.parse(str, pos);
if ((result != null) && (pos.getIndex() < str.length()))
 result = null;
if (result == null) {
 pos = new ParsePosition(0);
 result = timeFormatter2.parse(str, pos);
 if ((result != null) && (pos.getIndex() < str.length()))
...

Date parseTime(String str)
Parse the time from a string and return it.

Date date = null;
try {
 date = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.FULL).parse(str);
} catch (ParseException pel) {
 try {
 date = DateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.LONG).parse(str);
 } catch (ParseException pe2) {
 try {
...

Date parseTime(String t)
Parse a time string in one of the supported formats.

for (DateFormat df : TIME_FORMATS) {
 try {
 return df.parse(t);
 } catch (ParseException e) { 
 } catch (NumberFormatException e) { 
return null;
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