e317. parsing the time using a custom format.txt

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A pattern of special characters is used to specify the format of the time to parse. The same set of pattern characters are used to parse times. See e316 Formatting the Time Using a Custom Format for a listing of some pattern characters. 
Note: This example formats dates using the default locale (which, in the author's case, is Locale.ENGLISH). If the example is run in a different locale, the text (e.g., month names) will not be the same. 

    try {
        // Some examples
        DateFormat formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("hh.mm.ss a");
        Date date = (Date)formatter.parse("02.36.33 PM");
    
        formatter = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss Z");
        date = (Date)formatter.parse("22:14:02 -0500");
    } catch (ParseException e) {
    }

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