Here you can find the source of parseTimeMillis(String timeWithOrWithoutUnit)
public static long parseTimeMillis(String timeWithOrWithoutUnit)
//package com.java2s; /**// ww w . j av a 2s . c om * Copyright (c) 2002-2012 "Neo Technology," * Network Engine for Objects in Lund AB [http://neotechnology.com] * * This file is part of Neo4j. * * Neo4j is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the * License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This program 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 Affero General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit; public class Main { private static final TimeUnit DEFAULT_TIME_UNIT = TimeUnit.SECONDS; public static long parseTimeMillis(String timeWithOrWithoutUnit) { int unitIndex = -1; for (int i = 0; i < timeWithOrWithoutUnit.length(); i++) { char ch = timeWithOrWithoutUnit.charAt(i); if (!Character.isDigit(ch)) { unitIndex = i; break; } } if (unitIndex == -1) { return DEFAULT_TIME_UNIT.toMillis(Integer.parseInt(timeWithOrWithoutUnit)); } else { int amount = Integer.parseInt(timeWithOrWithoutUnit.substring(0, unitIndex)); String unit = timeWithOrWithoutUnit.substring(unitIndex).toLowerCase(); TimeUnit timeUnit = null; int multiplyFactor = 1; if (unit.equals("ms")) { timeUnit = TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS; } else if (unit.equals("s")) { timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS; } else if (unit.equals("m")) { // This is only for having to rely on 1.6 timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS; multiplyFactor = 60; } else { throw new RuntimeException("Unrecognized unit " + unit); } return timeUnit.toMillis(amount * multiplyFactor); } } }