Java Duration Format formatDuration(long milis)

Description

Formats length of time periods in a nice format

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
milis	a time difference in milliseconds to format

Return

formatted time (e.g.: "3 hours, 2 minutes, 5 seconds")

Declaration

public static String formatDuration(long milis) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * Formats length of time periods in a nice format
     * 
     * @param milis a time difference in milliseconds to format
     * @return formatted time (e.g.: "3 hours, 2 minutes, 5 seconds")
     */
    public static String formatDuration(long milis) {
        // special formatting for times under 10 second
        if (milis < 10 * 1000) {
            return milis / 10 / 100.0 + " seconds";
        }
        long seconds = milis / 1000;
        long minutes = seconds / 60;
        long hours = minutes / 60;
        String result = "";
        if (hours > 0) {
            result += hours;
            if (hours == 1) {
                result += " hour, ";
            } else {
                result += " hours, ";
            }
            minutes = minutes - hours * 60;
            seconds = seconds - hours * 60 * 60;
        }
        if (minutes > 0) {
            result += minutes;
            if (minutes == 1) {
                result += " minute, ";
            } else {
                result += " minutes, ";
            }
            seconds = seconds - minutes * 60;
        }
        result += seconds;
        if (seconds == 1) {
            result += " second";
        } else {
            result += " seconds";
        }
        return result;
    }
}

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