public static String getDuration ( long diff ) { GregorianCalendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar ( ) ; calendar . setTime ( new Date ( diff ) ) ; StringBuffer s = new StringBuffer ( ) ; if ( calendar . get ( Calendar . HOUR ) > 1 ) { s . append ( "hours: " + ( calendar . get ( Calendar . HOUR ) - 1 ) + ", " ) ; } if ( calendar . get ( Calendar . MINUTE ) > 0 ) { s . append ( "minutes: " + ( calendar . get ( Calendar . MINUTE ) ) + ", " ) ; } if ( calendar . get ( Calendar . SECOND ) > 0 ) { s . append ( "seconds: " + ( calendar . get ( Calendar . SECOND ) ) + ", " ) ; } if ( calendar . get ( Calendar . MILLISECOND ) > 1 ) { s . append ( "milliseconds: " + ( calendar . get ( Calendar . MILLISECOND ) ) + ", " ) ; } s . append ( "total milliseconds: " + diff ) ; return s . toString ( ) ; }
Returns a String reporting the time passed during a given number of milliseconds .