Convert time field H:M into integer field (minutes) in JAVA

Question

The JTable includes the time field, e.g. \"01:50\". I need to read this value into the integer variable. For this I´d like to convert time into minutes. For instance \"01:50

Answer 1

Since java 1.8 the most elegant solution is probably:

long minutes = ChronoUnit.MINUTES.between(LocalTime.MIDNIGHT, LocalTime.parse("01:50"));