Get Human Readable Date As String - Java java.util

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Get Human Readable Date As String

Demo Code

/**/*  w  w w. j  av  a 2  s  .c  o  m*/
 * Creates gregorian calendar object
 * Copyright (C) 2014  Victor Polevoy (vityatheboss@gmail.com)
 *
 * This program 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 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 General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
        long timeInMillis = 2;
        System.out.println(GetHumanReadableDateAsString(timeInMillis));
    }

    public static String GetHumanReadableDateAsString(long timeInMillis) {
        long secondInMillis = 1000;
        long minuteInMillis = secondInMillis * 60;
        long hourInMillis = minuteInMillis * 60;
        long dayInMillis = hourInMillis * 24;

        long elapsedDays = timeInMillis / dayInMillis;
        timeInMillis = timeInMillis % dayInMillis;
        long elapsedHours = timeInMillis / hourInMillis;
        timeInMillis = timeInMillis % hourInMillis;
        long elapsedMinutes = timeInMillis / minuteInMillis;
        timeInMillis = timeInMillis % minuteInMillis;
        long elapsedSeconds = timeInMillis / secondInMillis;

        StringBuilder lastGameStringBuilder = new StringBuilder();

        if (elapsedDays > 0) {
            lastGameStringBuilder.append(String.format("%d days ",
                    elapsedDays));
        }

        if (elapsedHours > 0) {
            lastGameStringBuilder.append(String.format("%d hours ",
                    elapsedHours));
        }

        if (elapsedMinutes > 0) {
            lastGameStringBuilder.append(String.format("%d minutes ",
                    elapsedMinutes));
        }

        if (elapsedSeconds > 0) {
            lastGameStringBuilder.append(String.format("%d seconds ",
                    elapsedSeconds));
        }

        return lastGameStringBuilder.toString().trim();
    }
}

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