OPINION OF THE COURT
Aрpellant Eugene Myrick was found guilty, following a non jury trial, of murder in the second degree, aggravated assault and possession of a firearm without a license. On this appeal, 1 he alleges (1) that his waiver of rights under Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100 was invalid, (2) that thеre was insufficient evidence to sustain the murder conviction and (3) that the Commonwealth was improp *159 erly permitted to impeach one of its witnesses. Finding no merit to any of these claims, we affirm.
Appellant was arrested оn November 10, 1973. By the terms of rule 1100, 2 the Commonwealth was obligated to try him within 270 days of his arrest, in this case August 7, 1974. On August 1, 1974, the Commonwealth asked appellant, through his attorney, to agree to a thirty day extension of time for trial to permit the homicide detective who had investigated the case to take his scheduled vacation. 3 Although the last day for trial under rule 1100 was August 7, 1974, appellant was told at the hearing on the Commonwealth’s request that the last day for trial was August 12, 1974. To cоnfuse the issue further, the formal statement of agreement to extend the time for trial read into the record refers to the last day for trial as “8/4/74.” Petitioner agreed to the extension which he now challenges.
Appellant argues that rule 1100 is “mandatory” and that the trial court must satisfy itself that the Commonwealth has exercised “due diligence” as required by section (c) of rule 1100 before granting an extension of time under the rule. Although we have never ruled on this issue, we have no difficulty rejecting this contention. Rule 1100, like the right to a speedy trial which it protects, may be waived. The “due diligence” standard of rule 1100(c), which allows involuntary extension of time for trial without violating the rule, operates only when the Commonwealth seeks, without the defendant’s *160 consent, an extension of time in which to bring him to trial. Section (c) has no bearing on the validity of the extension agreed to in this case. 4 We find no error in the trial court’s refusal to hold that rule 1100 may not be waived.
The Commonwealth has the burden of establishing the validity of any waiver.
Commonwealth v. Cobbs,
Rule 1100 is a rule of criminal procedure designed to implement and protect a defendant’s constitutional right to a speedy trial. Its particular terms, however, are neither direсtly granted by nor required by the Constitution. Nevertheless, the basic requirements for making a valid waiver of constitutional rights, as outlined above, are instructive in our consideration of the validity of a claimed waiver of the protections of rule 1100. Thus a waiver which would be formally adequate to waive a constitutional right would, a fortiori, be sufficient under the Federal Constitution to waive the protection of rule 1100. In this case the record contains not only an on-record colloquy but also a statement signed by the defendant and endorsed upon the indictment indicating the defendant’s willingness that trial time be extended. Thus the Commonwealth’s claim that appellant waived the protection of rulе 1100 is formally valid, for either the colloquy or the signed statement would by themselves be sufficient record indication that the waiver was, prima facie, informed and voluntary.
The appellant, however, in a pro se motion filed before trial, and here on counselled appeal, claims that the waiver was involuntary because his agreement to extend the time under rule 1100 was improperly obtained by the Commonwealth’s representation that August 12, 1974, wаs the last day for trial. He explains that on August 1, 1974, he thought the detective was already on vacation but that the Commonwealth could easily have returned him to Philadelphia by August 12, 1974, eleven days from the date of the extension hearing. Had he known that the actual last day under rule 1100 was August 7, 1974, he would not have agreed to the extension because the Commonwealth might not have been able to secure the detective’s appearance.
*162 The argument, however, is fatally flawed. The detective was not on vacation on August 1, 1974, and this fact was clearly stated at the hearing held on that date. The Commonwealth stated that if the extension were not agreed to, it would simply аsk the Police Commissioner to cancel the detective’s vacation. Appellant was asked whether he wanted to go to trial on August 5, 1974, the scheduled date, or whether he would agree to a thirty day extension so as not to cause cancellation of the detective’s vacation.
Moreover, the record of the hearing establishes that there was confusion concerning the last day under rule 1100. Twice during the hearing, the date was stated to be August 12, 1974. Yet the statement of agreement read into the record by appellant’s attorney used the date “8/4/74” and the written agreement to extend returned to the date “8/12/74.” If the actual date were crucial to appellant, the conflict of dates used at the hearing would have prompted him or his counsel to inquire concerning the true date.
Appellant has attempted to show that his recorded waiver was nonetheless invоluntary because of the Commonwealth’s, misrepresentation concerning the final date for trial under rule 1100. Appellant has, however, failed to convince either the hearing court or the post-verdict motion cоurt that the discrepancy in dates was crucial to his waiver. We are satisfied that the Commonwealth has met its burden of proving the waiver valid.
Appellant’s sufficiency argument is based on a misunderstanding of the law. He claims that the Cоmmonwealth offered evidence which was as consistent with innocence as with guilt and, therefore, did not prove the crime charged. The assertion is based upon conflicts in the testimony of two of the Commonwealth’s witnesses. One witness, a friend of appellant, testified, variously, that he did or did not see appellant with a gun, and that he did or did not see appellant fire the gun at decedent *163 as decedent fled after an abortive attempt to shoot appellant. A second witness testified that decedent was not armed and that appellant, without any warning or provocation, shot both the witness and decedent, causing decedent’s death.
Appellant сlaims that, giving equal credence to both the most and the least favorable versions of the killing, 5 the Commonwealth has not proven the crime charged. This argument is completely without merit.
The credibility of witnesses is for the factfinder. 6 It may believe all, part, or none of a witness’ testimony. 7 It is apparent that the trial judge believed the witness whose testimony was internally consistent and adverse to appellant and chose to disbelieve the witness whose testimony was both internally inconsistent and inconsistent with the rest of the Commonwealth’s case.
Moreover, even accepting most of the favorable witness’ testimony, the factfinder could properly have returned a verdict of murder in the second degree. The witness testified that decedent pulled out a gun, attemрted to fire it three or four times, and then turned to flee when the gun misfired for the last time. Appellant shot decedent at a distance of from fifteen to twenty feet. *164 These facts, even if accepted as true, do not necessarily make out a claim of self-defense. 8
Finally, appellant claims that the Commonwealth impermissibly impeached the “favorable” witness, following the trial court’s rejection of a plea of surprise, by calling a second witness who gave a contradictory version of the killing. This claim, too, is without merit.
“It is well settled a party may contradict his own witness by independent evidence showing facts to be different from those testified to by such witness. . . . Such rulе does not violate the general rule that one may not impeach his own witness because to contradict is not to impeach. Impeachment is directed to the credibility of the witness for the purpose of discrediting him. It ordinarily furnishes no factual evidence. Contradiction on the other hand, is directed to the accuracy of testimony and supplies additional factual evidence to be considered along with such testimony. Such evidеnce as is relevant to the issues may not be excluded because it contradicts another witness called by the same party, whether such witness is friendly or hostile.”
Talley v. Richart,
Judgment of sentence affirmed.
Notes
. We hear this case under authority of the Appellate Court Jurisdiction Act of 1970, Act of July 31, 1970, P.L. 673, art. II, § 202(1), 17 P.S. § 211.202(1) (Supp.1975).
. Pa.R.Crim.P. 1100 provides:
“(a)(1) Trial in a court case in which written complaint is filed . . . after June 30, 1973 but before July 1, 1974 shall commence no later than two hundred seventy [270] days from the date on which the complaint is filed.”
In appellаnt’s case the 270 day period did not begin running until November 10, 1973, because he was at large and, therefore, unavailable during the period from complaint until arrest. See Pa.R. Crim.P. 1100(d)(1).
. At the time of the request, appellant’s trial was scheduled to begin August 5, 1974.
. The trial court, in this case, did not act under authority of section (c) because this was not an involuntary extension.
. Appellant does not argue that the version of the killing that is least favorable to him is insufficient to sustain the conviction. His only argument is that we must give equal weight to all versions of the killing presented in the Commonwealth’s case in chief.
. “[I]t is the exclusive province of the trier of facts to pass on the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be accorded their testimony.”
Commonwealth
v.
Smith,
.
See Commonwealth
v.
Smith,
. A valid claim of self-defense requires that the person using deadly force (1) reasonably believed himself to be in danger of serious bodily injury or death, (2) believed that deadly force was necessаry to protect himself, (3) did not provoke the person against whom he defended himself, and (4) violated no duty to retreat. See 18 Pa.C.S.A. 505 (1973);
Commonwealth
v.
Johnston,