Here you can find the source of convertToMilliseconds(String value)
public static long convertToMilliseconds(String value)
//package com.java2s; /*/*ww w . java 2 s . c o m*/ * Created on 05-Sep-2004 at 21:19:40. * * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 Robert Virkus / Enough Software * * This file is part of J2ME Polish. * * J2ME Polish is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * J2ME Polish is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with J2ME Polish; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA * * Commercial licenses are also available, please * refer to the accompanying LICENSE.txt or visit * http://www.j2mepolish.org for details. */ public class Main { public static long convertToMilliseconds(String value) { long multiplier = 1; if (value.endsWith("ms")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 2).trim(); } else if (value.endsWith("min")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 3).trim(); multiplier = 60 * 1000; } else if (value.endsWith("mins")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 4).trim(); multiplier = 60 * 1000; } else if (value.endsWith("m")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 1).trim(); multiplier = 60 * 1000; } else if (value.endsWith("sec")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 3).trim(); multiplier = 1000; } else if (value.endsWith("h")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 1).trim(); multiplier = 60 * 60 * 1000; } else if (value.endsWith("hour")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 4).trim(); multiplier = 60 * 60 * 1000; } else if (value.endsWith("hours")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 5).trim(); multiplier = 60 * 60 * 1000; } else if (value.endsWith("s")) { value = value.substring(0, value.length() - 1).trim(); multiplier = 1000; } return Long.parseLong(value) * multiplier; } }