Java Time Format formatTimeDiff(long finishTime, long startTime)

Description

Given a finish and start time in long milliseconds, returns a String in the format Xhrs, Ymins, Z sec, for the time difference between two times.

License

Apache License

Parameter

Parameter	Description
finishTime	finish time
startTime	start time

Declaration

public static String formatTimeDiff(long finishTime, long startTime) 

Method Source Code

//package com.java2s;
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public class Main {
    /**
     * 
     * Given a finish and start time in long milliseconds, returns a String in the
     * format Xhrs, Ymins, Z sec, for the time difference between two times. If
     * finish time comes before start time then negative valeus of X, Y and Z wil
     * return.
     * 
     * @param finishTime
     *          finish time
     * @param startTime
     *          start time
     */
    public static String formatTimeDiff(long finishTime, long startTime) {
        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();

        long timeDiff = finishTime - startTime;
        long hours = timeDiff / (60 * 60 * 1000);
        long rem = (timeDiff % (60 * 60 * 1000));
        long minutes = rem / (60 * 1000);
        rem = rem % (60 * 1000);
        long seconds = rem / 1000;

        if (hours != 0) {
            buf.append(hours);
            buf.append("hrs, ");
        }
        if (minutes != 0) {
            buf.append(minutes);
            buf.append("mins, ");
        }
        // return "0sec if no difference
        buf.append(seconds);
        buf.append("sec");
        return buf.toString();
    }
}

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