Convert seconds value to hours minutes seconds?

Question

I've been trying to convert a value of seconds (in a BigDecimal variable) to a string in an editText like "1 hour 22 minutes 33 seconds" or something of the kind.

I've tried this:

String sequenceCaptureTime = "";
BigDecimal roundThreeCalc = new BigDecimal("0");
BigDecimal hours = new BigDecimal("0");
BigDecimal myremainder = new BigDecimal("0");
BigDecimal minutes = new BigDecimal("0");
BigDecimal seconds = new BigDecimal("0");
BigDecimal var3600 = new BigDecimal("3600");
BigDecimal var60 = new BigDecimal("60");

(I have a roundThreeCalc which is the value in seconds so I try to convert it here.)

hours = (roundThreeCalc.divide(var3600));
myremainder = (roundThreeCalc.remainder(var3600));
minutes = (myremainder.divide(var60));
seconds = (myremainder.remainder(var60));
sequenceCaptureTime =  hours.toString() + minutes.toString() + seconds.toString();

Then I set the editText to sequnceCaptureTime String. But that didn't work. It force closed the app every time. I am totally out of my depth here, any help is greatly appreciated. Happy coding!

Answer 1

for just minutes and seconds use this

String.format("%02d:%02d", (seconds / 3600 * 60 + ((seconds % 3600) / 60)), (seconds % 60))

Answer 2

Something really helpful in Java 8

import java.time.LocalTime;

private String ConvertSecondToHHMMSSString(int nSecondTime) {
    return LocalTime.MIN.plusSeconds(nSecondTime).toString();
}

Answer 3

I like to keep things simple therefore:

    int tot_seconds = 5000;
    int hours = tot_seconds / 3600;
    int minutes = (tot_seconds % 3600) / 60;
    int seconds = tot_seconds % 60;

    String timeString = String.format("%02d Hour %02d Minutes %02d Seconds ", hours, minutes, seconds);

    System.out.println(timeString);

The result will be: 01 Hour 23 Minutes 20 Seconds

Answer 4

You should have more luck with

hours = roundThreeCalc.divide(var3600, BigDecimal.ROUND_FLOOR);
myremainder = roundThreeCalc.remainder(var3600);
minutes = myremainder.divide(var60, BigDecimal.ROUND_FLOOR);
seconds = myremainder.remainder(var60);

This will drop the decimal values after each division.

Edit: If that didn't work, try this. (I just wrote and tested it)

public static int[] splitToComponentTimes(BigDecimal biggy)
{
    long longVal = biggy.longValue();
    int hours = (int) longVal / 3600;
    int remainder = (int) longVal - hours * 3600;
    int mins = remainder / 60;
    remainder = remainder - mins * 60;
    int secs = remainder;

    int[] ints = {hours , mins , secs};
    return ints;
}

Answer 5

private String ConvertSecondToHHMMString(int secondtTime)
{
  TimeZone tz = TimeZone.getTimeZone("UTC");
  SimpleDateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
  df.setTimeZone(tz);
  String time = df.format(new Date(secondtTime*1000L));

  return time;

}

Answer 6

DateUtils.formatElapsedTime(long), formats an elapsed time in the form "MM:SS" or "H:MM:SS" . It returns the String you are looking for. You can find the documentation here