Java time between 0 and 24

Question

I'm using a SimpleDateFormatter to parse a date/time. The problem is that if the time I insert is bigger than 24 it passes to the next day.

How can I do a date/time validation with strict time (between 0 and 24 -- I don't want a time of 25:00 to be interpreted as 1 day and 1 hour).

Thank you.

Answer 1

setLenient(false)

Should do what you want.

DateFormat.setLenient(boolean);

Answer 2

This will throw an Unparseable date: "25:00" exception:

final DateFormat formatter = SimpleDateFormat.getTimeInstance(DateFormat.SHORT);
formatter.setLenient(false);
formatter.parse("25:00");

lenient by default is true.