Java tutorial
import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; public class Main { private static final int SECOND = 1000; private static final int MINUTE = 60 * SECOND; private static final int HOUR = 60 * MINUTE; private static final int DAY = 24 * HOUR; public static void main(String[] args) { Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance(); Date nowDate = now.getTime(); long twoHoursByMillis = 2 * HOUR; long thirtyMinutesByMillis = 30 * MINUTE; Date twoHoursAndThirtyMinutesFromNow = new Date(twoHoursByMillis + thirtyMinutesByMillis); System.out.println(String.format("now %s and later %s", nowDate, twoHoursAndThirtyMinutesFromNow)); long ms = 10304004543l; StringBuilder text = new StringBuilder(""); if (ms > DAY) { text.append(ms / DAY).append(" days "); ms %= DAY; } if (ms > HOUR) { text.append(ms / HOUR).append(" hours "); ms %= HOUR; } if (ms > MINUTE) { text.append(ms / MINUTE).append(" minutes "); ms %= MINUTE; } if (ms > SECOND) { text.append(ms / SECOND).append(" seconds "); ms %= SECOND; } text.append(ms + " ms"); System.out.println(text.toString()); } }