From 81adae5fd34eb3cc7c35c362717663dd7565ac3c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: mdb <mdb@6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 02:24:22 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Added method for converting millis interval into human
 readable format.

git-svn-id: https://samskivert.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@887 6335cc39-0255-0410-8fd6-9bcaacd3b74c
---
 .../java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java  | 37 ++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
index 8cfd252d..ce986e67 100644
--- a/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/projects/samskivert/src/java/com/samskivert/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: StringUtil.java,v 1.41 2002/10/31 01:44:25 shaper Exp $
+// $Id: StringUtil.java,v 1.42 2002/11/05 02:24:22 mdb Exp $
 //
 // samskivert library - useful routines for java programs
 // Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Bayne
@@ -814,5 +814,40 @@ public class StringUtil
         return buf.toString();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Used to convert a time interval to a more easily human readable
+     * string of the form: <code>1d 15h 4m 15s 987m</code>.
+     */
+    public static String intervalToString (long millis)
+    {
+        StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer();
+        boolean started = false;
+
+        long days = millis / (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
+        if (days != 0) {
+            buf.append(days).append("d ");
+            started = true;
+        }
+
+        long hours = (millis / (60 * 60 * 1000)) % 24;
+        if (started || hours != 0) {
+            buf.append(hours).append("h ");
+        }
+
+        long minutes = (millis / (60 * 1000)) % 60;
+        if (started || minutes != 0) {
+            buf.append(minutes).append("m ");
+        }
+
+        long seconds = (millis / (1000)) % 60;
+        if (started || seconds != 0) {
+            buf.append(seconds).append("s ");
+        }
+
+        buf.append(millis % 1000).append("m");
+
+        return buf.toString();
+    }
+
     private final static String XLATE = "0123456789abcdef";
 }