Question

i trying to convert time in string format to minutes. i can use substring and find the minutes but there is a problem because there is a chance of getting time in the format 720:00 hours. (as i am calculating time for many days) pls help with me….
Thanks in advance……..

Hussain

Answer 1

As far as I understood, you need to calculate how many minutes are in the given hours and minutes. Well, I’d do it fast and simple:

String time = "725:00";
String[] parts = time.split(":",2);
int hours = Integer.valueOf(parts[0]);
int minutes = Integer.valueOf(parts[1]);
return hours*60+minutes;