Java Time Format formatTimeAgo(int seconds)

Description

Convert seconds into a human readable format.

License

Open Source License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
seconds	a parameter

Return

seconds.

Declaration

public static String formatTimeAgo(int seconds) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
//License from project: Open Source License 

public class Main {
    /**/*from  w  w w . j ava2 s.  c  o  m*/
     * Convert seconds into a human readable format.
     *
     * @param seconds
     * @return seconds.
     */
    public static String formatTimeAgo(int seconds) {
        if (seconds == 0)
            return "0 seconds"; // @note: 0 seconds is a special case.

        String date = "";

        String[] unitNames = { "week", "day", "hour", "minute", "second" };
        int[] unitValues = { 604800, 86400, 3600, 60, 1 };

        // Loop through all of the units.
        for (int i = 0; i < unitNames.length; i++) {
            int quot = seconds / unitValues[i];
            if (quot > 0) {
                date += quot + " " + unitNames[i] + (Math.abs(quot) > 1 ? "s" : "") + ", ";
                seconds -= (quot * unitValues[i]);
            }
        }

        // Return the date, substring -2 to remove the trailing ", ".
        return date.substring(0, date.length() - 2);
    }

    /**
     * Convert milliseconds into a human readable format.
     *
     * @param milliseconds
     * @return String
     */
    public static String formatTimeAgo(Long milliseconds) {
        return formatTimeAgo((int) (milliseconds / 1000));
    }
}

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9. formatTimeDiff(long finishTime, long startTime)