First off, this is a simple question that I'm stuck on in my Java 1 class. It's a static time that I set already as 8:49:12 "today" and I'm to figure out how many seconds past midnight and "to" midnight this represents. 8 hours, 49 minutes, and 12 seconds.
Here is my code now:
hour = 8;
minute = 59;
second = 32;
System.out.println("The static time used for this program was: " + hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second);
My issue is that I have no clue on how to get the time from and since midnight.
So basically the output needs to be:
Number of seconds since midnight:
Number of seconds to midnight:
And the space after is for the seconds.
Thanks, and please explain why, and how you chose how to solve this. I want to learn :P
Try this simple maths :
System.out.println("Number of seconds since midnight:" +(second + (minute*60) + (hour*3600)));
System.out.println("Number of seconds to midnight:" +((60-second) + ((60-1-minute)*60) + (24-1-hour)*3600));
final static int SEC_IN_MIN = 60;
final static int SEC_IN_HOUR = SEC_IN_MIN * 60;
int secFromMidnight = hour * SEC_IN_HOUR + minute * SEC_IN_MIN + second;
int secToMidnight = (24 * SEC_IN_HOUR) - secFromMidnight;
Given the idiosyncrasies of time, you could simply use the Calendar
API
Calendar fromMidnight = Calendar.getInstance();
fromMidnight.set(Calendar.HOUR, 0);
fromMidnight.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0);
fromMidnight.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0);
fromMidnight.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
Calendar toMidnight = Calendar.getInstance();
toMidnight.setTime(fromMidnight.getTime());
toMidnight.add(Calendar.DATE, 1);
System.out.println(fromMidnight.getTime());
System.out.println(toMidnight.getTime());
Calendar toFromTime = Calendar.getInstance();
toFromTime.set(Calendar.HOUR, 8);
toFromTime.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 59);
toFromTime.set(Calendar.SECOND, 32);
toFromTime.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND, 0);
long secondsFromMidnight = (toFromTime.getTimeInMillis() - fromMidnight.getTimeInMillis()) / 1000;
long secondsToMidnight = (toMidnight.getTimeInMillis() - toFromTime.getTimeInMillis()) / 1000;
System.out.println("from = " + secondsFromMidnight + "; to " + secondsToMidnight);
Which outputs...
from = 32372; to 54028
Or you could use JodaTime...
MutableDateTime now = MutableDateTime.now();
now.setMillisOfDay(0);
now.setSecondOfDay(32);
now.setMinuteOfDay(59);
now.setHourOfDay(8);
DateTime fromMidnight = now.toDateTime().toDateMidnight().toDateTime();
DateTime toMidnight = fromMidnight.plusDays(1);
Duration duration = new Duration(fromMidnight, toMidnight);
Duration dFromMidnight = new Duration(fromMidnight, now);
System.out.println("From midnight: " + dFromMidnight.getStandardSeconds());
Duration dToMidnight = new Duration(now, toMidnight);
System.out.println("To Midnight: " + dToMidnight.getStandardSeconds());
Which outputs...
From midnight: 32372
To Midnight: 54028
There is an enum in JAVA
called TimeUnit
that can convert time to any time unit like this:
int hour = 8;
int minute = 59;
int second = 32;
System.out.println("The static time used for this program was: " + hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second);
long secInMidnight = TimeUnit.HOURS.toSeconds(24);
long timeInSeconds = (TimeUnit.HOURS.toSeconds(8) + TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(minute) + second);
System.out.println("\nSince midnight: " + timeInSeconds + "\nUntil midnight: " + (secInMidnight - timeInSeconds) );
The accepted answer of @Vimal Bera is fine and completely sufficient due to the mathematical simplicity of the problem. But if you still prefer a "formalized" (supported by library) approach without doing "much" calculation then you could do this in Java-8:
LocalTime time = LocalTime.of(8, 59, 32);
System.out.println(
"Seconds since midnight: "
+ time.get(ChronoField.SECOND_OF_DAY)); // 32372
System.out.println(
"Seconds to midnight: "
+ (86400 - time.get(ChronoField.SECOND_OF_DAY))); // 54028
Your answer is in java.util.Calendar class. Please see get()/set() methods:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Calendar.html
import java.util.Calendar;
public class HelloWorld{
public static void main(String []args){
int hour = 8;
int minute = 59;
int second = 32;
System.out.println("The static time used for this program was: " + hour + ":" + minute + ":" + second);
final Calendar currentTime = Calendar.getInstance();
currentTime.set(2013,Calendar.SEPTEMBER,24,8,59,32);
final Calendar midNight = Calendar.getInstance();
midNight.clear();
midNight.set(2013, Calendar.SEPTEMBER, 25);
System.out.println(.001*(midNight.getTimeInMillis() - currentTime.getTimeInMillis()));
}
}
Consider using Calendar
and or try JodaTime
library
http://www.joda.org/joda-time/