Java TimeUnit Usage age(long creationDate)

Description

age

License

Open Source License

Declaration

public static String age(long creationDate) 

Method Source Code

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import java.util.Date;

import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;

public class Main {
    public static String age(long creationDate) {
        Date date = new Date(creationDate);
        Date now = new Date();
        long days = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toDays(now.getTime()
                - date.getTime());
        if (days > 0) {
            return pluralize(days, "day", "days");
        }
        long hours = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toHours(now.getTime()
                - date.getTime());
        if (hours > 0) {
            return pluralize(hours, "hour", "hours");
        }
        long minutes = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(now.getTime()
                - date.getTime());
        if (minutes > 0) {
            return pluralize(minutes, "minute", "minutes");
        }

        return "few seconds ago";
    }

    private static String pluralize(long strictlyPositiveCount,
            String singular, String plural) {
        if (strictlyPositiveCount == 1) {
            return "1 " + singular + " ago";
        }
        return strictlyPositiveCount + " " + plural + " ago";
    }
}

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3. calculateRuntime(long startTime, long endTime)
4. calculateTime(final int seconds)