Returns a formatted String from time
/** * $Revision: 10205 $ * $Date: 2008-04-11 15:48:27 -0700 (Fri, 11 Apr 2008) $ * * Copyright (C) 2004-2008 Jive Software. All rights reserved. * * This software is published under the terms of the GNU Public License (GPL), * a copy of which is included in this distribution, or a commercial license * agreement with Jive. */ import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException; import java.security.MessageDigest; import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException; import java.text.BreakIterator; import java.util.*; import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap; /** * Utility class to peform common String manipulation algorithms. */ public class StringUtils { // Constants used by escapeHTMLTags private static final char[] QUOTE_ENCODE = """.toCharArray(); private static final char[] AMP_ENCODE = "&".toCharArray(); private static final char[] LT_ENCODE = "<".toCharArray(); private static final char[] GT_ENCODE = ">".toCharArray(); private StringUtils() { // Not instantiable. } /** * Returns a formatted String from time. * * @param diff the amount of elapsed time. * @return the formatte String. */ public static String getTimeFromLong(long diff) { final String HOURS = "h"; final String MINUTES = "min"; final String SECONDS = "sec"; final long MS_IN_A_DAY = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; final long MS_IN_AN_HOUR = 1000 * 60 * 60; final long MS_IN_A_MINUTE = 1000 * 60; final long MS_IN_A_SECOND = 1000; Date currentTime = new Date(); long numDays = diff / MS_IN_A_DAY; diff = diff % MS_IN_A_DAY; long numHours = diff / MS_IN_AN_HOUR; diff = diff % MS_IN_AN_HOUR; long numMinutes = diff / MS_IN_A_MINUTE; diff = diff % MS_IN_A_MINUTE; long numSeconds = diff / MS_IN_A_SECOND; diff = diff % MS_IN_A_SECOND; long numMilliseconds = diff; StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(); if (numHours > 0) { buf.append(numHours + " " + HOURS + ", "); } if (numMinutes > 0) { buf.append(numMinutes + " " + MINUTES); } //buf.append(numSeconds + " " + SECONDS); String result = buf.toString(); if (numMinutes < 1) { result = "< 1 minute"; } return result; } }