Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; public class Main { /** * Separates the hour segment from a date string and converts and returns it as an int. * The hour string must be the last segment, preceded by a colon, eg: dd.MM.yyyy:HH. * * @param date The string representation of the date. * @return The hour segment in int form. */ public static int getHourFromDate(String date) { return Integer.parseInt(date.split(":")[1]); } }