How to Convert string to time (Minutes) in Android

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Hi

I am having an edit text where user can enter like ("3 days" or "2 hour" or "5 months")whatever,

It needs to convert it to minutes..
I have no idea , please guide me

Thanks in advance
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Posted 11-Mar-15 20:00pm

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Updated 11-Mar-15 20:08pm

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2015-03-11T23:03:00

Create a table that maps the descriptions to the number of minutes or seconds. e.g

Day = 1440
Hour = 60
...

Split the string into its component parts.
Get the number of minutes from the conversion table.
Multiply that by the number and that is the number of minutes.
Convert that to whatever format you need for the display.

Awesome Sohel · Answer 2 · 2015-03-14T01:25:00

Java

String time = "530pm";
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hmmaa"); 
SimpleDateFormat dateFormat2 = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm aa");
try {
    Date date = dateFormat.parse(time);

    String out = dateFormat2.format(date);
    Log.e("Time", out);
} catch (ParseException e) {
}

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