String scrapeUTC() throws URISyntaxException, IOException { String address = "http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl"; URL url = new URI(address).toURL(); try (BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(url.openStream()))) { Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("^.+? UTC"); Matcher matcher; String line; while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) { matcher = pattern.matcher(line); if (matcher.find()) return matcher.group().replaceAll("<.+?>", ""); } } return null; }