Java Parse Time parseTime(String timestring)

Description

Returns a calendar for the given time string.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
timestring	the time string

Exception

Parameter	Description
ParseException	if the time string is not correctly formatted.

Return

a calendar representing the date assumed to be UTC

Declaration

public static Calendar parseTime(String timestring) throws java.text.ParseException 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.*;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Returns a calendar for the given time string. The time string should be formatted
     * {@code yyyy-MM-dd'T'hh:mm:ssZ}, where {@code Z} is a literal (and stands for +0000).
     * It is assumed to be in UTC.
     *
     * @param timestring the time string
     * @return a calendar representing the date assumed to be UTC
     * @throws ParseException if the time string is not correctly formatted.
     */
    public static Calendar parseTime(String timestring) throws java.text.ParseException {
        SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'");
        sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        Date date = sdf.parse(timestring);
        Calendar cal = Calendar.getInstance();
        cal.setTime(date);
        cal.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC"));
        return cal;
    }
}

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