Display time remainig in human readable format

/** * converts time (in milliseconds) to human-readable format * "<w> days, <x> hours, <y> minutes and (z) seconds" */ public static String millisToLongDHMS(long duration) { StringBuffer res = new StringBuffer(); long temp = 0; if (duration >= ONE_SECOND) { temp = duration / ONE_DAY; if (temp > 0) { duration -= temp * ONE_DAY; res.append(temp).append(" day").append(temp > 1 ? "s" : "") .append(duration >= ONE_MINUTE ? ", " : ""); } temp = duration / ONE_HOUR; if (temp > 0) { duration -= temp * ONE_HOUR; res.append(temp).append(" hour").append(temp > 1 ? "s" : "") .append(duration >= ONE_MINUTE ? ", " : ""); } temp = duration / ONE_MINUTE; if (temp > 0) { duration -= temp * ONE_MINUTE; res.append(temp).append(" minute").append(temp > 1 ? "s" : ""); } if (!res.toString().equals("") && duration >= ONE_SECOND) { res.append(" and "); } temp = duration / ONE_SECOND; if (temp > 0) { res.append(temp).append(" second").append(temp > 1 ? "s" : ""); } return res.toString(); } else { return "0 second"; } }