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Military Time Conversion Method in Java
Given a time in -hour AM/PM format, convert it to military (24-hour) time.
Note: - 12:00:00AM on a 12-hour clock is 00:00:00 on a 24-hour clock.
- 12:00:00PM on a 12-hour clock is 12:00:00 on a 24-hour clock.
Example
Return '12:01:00'.
Return '00:01:00'.
Function Description
Complete the timeConversion function in the editor below. It should return a new string representing the input time in 24 hour format.
timeConversion has the following parameter(s):
string s: a time in hour format
Returns
string: the time in hour format
Input Format
A single string that represents a time in -hour clock format (i.e.: or ).
Constraints
All input times are valid
Sample Input 0
07:05:45PM
Sample Output 0
19:05:45
import java.io.*;
import java.math.*;
import java.security.*;
import java.text.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.*;
import java.util.function.*;
import java.util.regex.*;
import java.util.stream.*;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.joining;
import static java.util.stream.Collectors.toList;
class Result {
/*
* Complete the 'timeConversion' function below.
*
* The function is expected to return a STRING.
* The function accepts STRING s as parameter.
*/
public static String timeConversion(String s) {
// Write your code here
String milTime = "";
String hourTime = s.substring(0, 2);
String checkTime = s.substring(8, 10);
String timeMinute = s.substring(2, 8);
if(checkTime.equals("AM")) {
if (hourTime.equals("12")) {
milTime = "00" + timeMinute;
}
else {
milTime = hourTime + timeMinute;
}
}
else if (checkTime.equals("PM")) {
if (hourTime.equals("12")) {
milTime = hourTime + timeMinute;
}
else {
int result = Integer.parseInt(hourTime) + 12;
milTime = String.valueOf(result) + timeMinute;
}
}
return milTime;
// String timeSplit = s.split(":");
// char characters[] = timeSplit[2].toCharArray();
// if(timeSplit[2].contains("PM")) {
// int newTime = Integer.parseInt(timeSplit[0]);
// newTime = newTime + 12;
// return newTime + ":" + timeSplit[1] + characters[0] + characters[1];
// }
// else {
// return timeSplit[0] + ":" + timeSplit[1] + ":" + characters[0] + characters[1];
// }
}
}
public class Solution {
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
BufferedReader bufferedReader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(System.in));
BufferedWriter bufferedWriter = new BufferedWriter(new FileWriter(System.getenv("OUTPUT_PATH")));
String s = bufferedReader.readLine();
String result = Result.timeConversion(s);
bufferedWriter.write(result);
bufferedWriter.newLine();
bufferedReader.close();
bufferedWriter.close();
}
}
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