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Java Date Time - LocalTime.parse() Examples

[Last Updated: Oct 30, 2025]

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Class:

java.time.LocalTime

java.lang.Objectjava.lang.Objectjava.time.LocalTimejava.time.LocalTimejava.time.temporal.TemporalTemporaljava.time.temporal.TemporalAdjusterTemporalAdjusterjava.lang.ComparableComparablejava.io.SerializableSerializableLogicBig

Methods:

public static LocalTime parse(CharSequence text)

Returns the LocalTime instance for the provided text. The text must be valid per DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_TIME.


public static LocalTime parse(CharSequence text,

                              DateTimeFormatter formatter)

Returns the LocalTime instance for the provided text and formatter. The provided text must be valid per DateTimeFormatter instance.



Examples


package com.logicbig.example.localtime;

import java.time.LocalTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class ParseExample {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        LocalTime t = LocalTime.parse("21:22");
        System.out.println(t);

        t = LocalTime.parse("20:40", DateTimeFormatter.ISO_TIME);
        System.out.printf("ISO_TIME: %s%n",t);

        t = LocalTime.parse("02:30",
                            DateTimeFormatter.ISO_LOCAL_TIME);
        System.out.printf("ISO_LOCAL_TIME: %s%n",t);
    }
}

Output

21:22
ISO_TIME: 20:40
ISO_LOCAL_TIME: 02:30




package com.logicbig.example.localtime;

import java.time.LocalTime;
import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;

public class ParseExample2 {

    public static void main (String... args) {
        LocalTime t = LocalTime.parse(
                  "22 11 30", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("HH mm ss"));
        System.out.println(t);

        t = LocalTime.parse(
                  "10 11 30 PM", DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("hh mm ss a"));
        System.out.println(t);
    }
}

Output

22:11:30
22:11:30

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