Convert JodaTime duration to string

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I have movie with duration 127 seconds. I wanna display it as 02:07. What is the best way to implement this?

I have temporary implemented this with `org.apache.commons.lang.time.DurationFormatUtils` — fedor.belov, Jun 01 '12 at 08:57
Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1440557/joda-time-period-to-string — ripper234, May 06 '13 at 08:51

Ilya · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-14T11:28:19.187

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Duration yourDuration = //...
Period period = yourDuration.toPeriod();
PeriodFormatter minutesAndSeconds = new PeriodFormatterBuilder()
     .printZeroAlways()
     .appendMinutes()
     .appendSeparator(":")
     .appendSeconds()
     .toFormatter();
String result = minutesAndSeconds.print(period);

edited Sep 14 '15 at 11:28

answered Jun 01 '12 at 17:14

Ilya

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The function to use in the last line is print(period) not pricntTo() – fodon Sep 14 '15 at 00:29

score 26 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 24 '15 at 08:47

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I wanted this for myself and I did not find llyas answer to be accurate. I want to have a counter and when I had 0 hours and 1 minute I got 0:1 with his answer- but this is fixed easily with one line of code!

Period p = time.toPeriod();
PeriodFormatter hm = new PeriodFormatterBuilder()
    .printZeroAlways()
    .minimumPrintedDigits(2) // gives the '01'
    .appendHours()
    .appendSeparator(":")
    .appendMinutes()
    .toFormatter();
String result = hm.print(p);

This will give you 02:07 !

answered Feb 24 '15 at 08:47

Yokich

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This does seem to work better and I would upvote in preference to the accepted answer – Brian Agnew Oct 22 '15 at 12:38
I agree with Brian, the `minimumPrintedDigits(2)` was exactly what I needed. – Amos M. Carpenter Nov 26 '15 at 00:04

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