Converting XX:XX AM/PM to 24 Hour Clock

Question

I have searched google and I cannot find out how you can take a string: xx:xx AM/PM (ex. 3:30 PM) and change it so that it is now in 24 hours.

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Answer 1

SimpleDateFormat inFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm aa");
SimpleDateFormat outFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
String time24 = outFormat.format(inFormat.parse(yourTimeString));

also you can read more about converting times here http://deepeshdarshan.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/how-to-change-time-from-12-hour-format-to-24-hour-format-in-java/