code: public static Time parseTime(String pStr) {
          TimeFormat tf = TimeFormat.getInstance();
  
          return tf.parse(pStr);
      }
docs: Creates a string representation of the time object.
  The string is returned on the form m:ss,
  where m is variable digits minutes and ss is two digits seconds.
  
  @return a string representation of the time object
  @throws NumberFormatException
  @see TimeFormat#parse(String)
  @see #toString(String)
  @deprecated