Takes a millisecond value and converts it to a readable text like "x days y hours z minutes". - Java java.util

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Description

Takes a millisecond value and converts it to a readable text like "x days y hours z minutes".

Demo Code

/*/* w  w w  .j av  a2  s.  c  o  m*/
   Copyright 2014-2016 PetaByte Research Ltd.

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

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   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
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   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */
//package com.java2s;

public class Main {
    /**
     * Takes a millisecond value and converts it to a readable text like
     * "x days y hours z minutes". Only non-zero parts will be in the string. It
     * is useful for user friendly logs and messages.
     *
     * @param ms
     *            Time in milliseconds.
     * @return Human readable time.
     */
    public static String readableTime(long ms) {
        long z = ms % 1000;
        long s = ms / 1000 % 60;
        long m = ms / 1000 / 60 % 60;
        long h = ms / 1000 / 60 / 60 % 24;
        long d = ms / 1000 / 60 / 60 / 24;
        StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
        if (0 < d) {
            sb.append(d).append(" days ");
        }
        if (0 < h) {
            sb.append(h).append(" hours ");
        }
        if (0 < m) {
            sb.append(m).append(" minutes ");
        }
        if (0 < s) {
            sb.append(s).append(" seconds ");
        }
        if (0 < z) {
            sb.append(z).append(" milliseconds");
        }
        return sb.toString().trim();
    }
}

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