How to calculate time difference in java?

Question

I want to subtract two timeperiods say 16:00:00 from 19:00:00. Is there any java function for this? The results can be in milliseconds, seconds, or minutes.

Answer 1

import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
    String time1 = "12:00:00";
    String time2 = "12:01:00";
    SimpleDateFormat format = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
    Date date1 = format.parse(time1);
    Date date2 = format.parse(time2);
    long difference = date2.getTime() - date1.getTime();
    System.out.println(difference/1000);
}}

throws exception handles parsing exceptions