code: public static final Date parseTime(String value)
     {
        Date result = null;
        if (value != null && value.length() != 0)
        {
           try
           {
              result = TIME_FORMAT.get().parse(value);
           }
  
           catch (ParseException ex)
           {
              // Ignore parse errors
           }
        }
        return result;
     }
docs: Parse a time value.
  
  @param value time value
  @return time value