Java tutorial
//package com.java2s; //to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell import java.util.Calendar; import java.util.Date; import java.util.Locale; import java.util.TimeZone; public class Main { private static final long TIME_MILLIS = 1000; private static final long TIME_MINUTE = 60 * TIME_MILLIS; private static final long TIME_HOUR = 60 * TIME_MINUTE; private static final long TIME_DAY = 24 * TIME_HOUR; public static String convertToHumanReadableTime(Date givenDate, long currentTimeLong) { Calendar currentTime = Calendar.getInstance(); currentTime.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); currentTime.setTimeInMillis(currentTimeLong); Calendar givenTime = Calendar.getInstance(); givenTime.setTimeZone(TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC")); givenTime.setTime(givenDate); // Step 1: To see if time difference is less than 24 hours of not long timeDiff = currentTime.getTimeInMillis() - givenTime.getTimeInMillis(); if (timeDiff <= 0) { return "Now"; } String humanString = null; // Checking if timeDiff is less than 24 or not if ((timeDiff / TIME_DAY) >= 1) { // days int days = (int) (timeDiff / TIME_DAY); humanString = String.format(Locale.getDefault(), "%dd", days); } else { // checking if greater than hour if ((timeDiff / TIME_HOUR) >= 1) { humanString = String.format(Locale.getDefault(), "%dh", (timeDiff / TIME_HOUR)); } else if ((timeDiff / TIME_MINUTE) >= 1) { humanString = String.format(Locale.getDefault(), "%dm", (timeDiff / TIME_MINUTE)); } else { humanString = String.format(Locale.getDefault(), "%ds", (timeDiff / TIME_MILLIS)); } } return humanString; } }