Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; import org.w3c.dom.Node; import java.util.regex.Matcher; import java.util.regex.Pattern; public class Main { public static long getStartTime(Node p) { long time = 0; Node current = p; while ((current = current.getParentNode()) != null) { if (current.getAttributes() != null && current.getAttributes().getNamedItem("begin") != null) { time += toTime(current.getAttributes().getNamedItem("begin").getNodeValue()); } } if (p.getAttributes() != null && p.getAttributes().getNamedItem("begin") != null) { return time + toTime(p.getAttributes().getNamedItem("begin").getNodeValue()); } return time; } public static long toTime(String expr) { Pattern p = Pattern.compile("(-?)([0-9][0-9]):([0-9][0-9]):([0-9][0-9])([\\.:][0-9][0-9]?[0-9]?)?"); Matcher m = p.matcher(expr); if (m.matches()) { String minus = m.group(1); String hours = m.group(2); String minutes = m.group(3); String seconds = m.group(4); String fraction = m.group(5); if (fraction == null) { fraction = ".000"; } fraction = fraction.replace(":", "."); long ms = Long.parseLong(hours) * 60 * 60 * 1000; ms += Long.parseLong(minutes) * 60 * 1000; ms += Long.parseLong(seconds) * 1000; if (fraction.contains(":")) { ms += Double.parseDouble("0" + fraction.replace(":", ".")) * 40 * 1000; // 40ms == 25fps - simplifying assumption should be ok for here } else { ms += Double.parseDouble("0" + fraction) * 1000; } return ms * ("-".equals(minus) ? -1 : 1); } else { throw new RuntimeException("Cannot match '" + expr + "' to time expression"); } } }