Java Utililty Methods Time Format

if (time.toLowerCase().equals("latest")) {
    return Long.MAX_VALUE;
if (time.toLowerCase().equals("bot")) {
    return Long.MIN_VALUE;
return formatter.parse(time).getTime();

if (format == null || format.trim().equals("")) {
    sdf.applyPattern(FORMAT_DATE_TIME);
} else {
    sdf.applyPattern(format);
try {
    return sdf.parse(timeStr);
} catch (ParseException e) {
...

SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ssXXX");
sdf.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getDefault());
return sdf.format(date);

return new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss z");

SimpleDateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMddHHmmss");
return formatter.format(new Date());

Date mDate = getDateByFormat(strDate, format);
int hour = mDate.getHours();
if (hour >= 12)
    return "PM";
else
    return "AM";

String lStrTimeRes = ""; 
SimpleDateFormat lDateFormatter;
lDateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd" + pStrDelim + "HHmmss"); 
if (pObjTime instanceof String) {
    lStrTimeRes = (String) pObjTime;
    SimpleDateFormat lDateFormatterLoc = new SimpleDateFormat();
    try {
        Date lDate = lDateFormatterLoc.parse(lStrTimeRes);
...

String timeSystem = null;
try {
    if (formatTime == null) {
        formatTime = "HH:mm:ss";
    java.text.SimpleDateFormat format = new java.text.SimpleDateFormat(formatTime);
    java.util.Date date = new java.util.Date();
    timeSystem = format.format(date);
...

SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat(format);
try {
    Date starDate = df.parse(startTime);
    Date endDate = df.parse(endTime);
    return endDate.getTime() - starDate.getTime();
} catch (ParseException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
return 0;

return new SimpleDateFormat(UNIVERSAL_TIMEFORMAT);