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Munazza
Munazza

Reputation: 745

Calculate Difference between two times in Android

I have two string variables such as StartTime and EndTime. I need to Calculate the TotalTime by subtracting the EndTime with StartTime.

The Format of StartTime and EndTime is as like follows:

StartTime = "08:00 AM";
EndTime = "04:00 PM";

TotalTime in Hours and Mins Format. How to calculate this in Android?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 54205

Answers (8)

Sreyans Bohara
Sreyans Bohara

Reputation: 56

You can use extension function in Kotlin like this:

fun Long.toTimeAgo(): String {
    val time = this
    val now = System.currentTimeMillis()

    // convert back to second
    val diff = (now - time) / 1000

    return diff.toString()
}

To get the result in social format, one can modify the code as:

fun Long.toTimeAgo(): String {
    val time = this
    val now = System.currentTimeMillis()

    // convert back to second
    val diff = (now - time) / 1000

    return when {
        diff < MINUTE -> "Just now"
        diff < 2 * MINUTE -> "a minute ago"
        diff < 60 * MINUTE -> "${diff / MINUTE} minutes ago"
        diff < 2 * HOUR -> "an hour ago"
        diff < 24 * HOUR -> "${diff / HOUR} hours ago"
        diff < 2 * DAY -> "a day ago"
        diff < 30 * DAY -> "${diff / DAY} days ago"
        diff < 2 * MONTH -> "a month ago"
        diff < 12 * MONTH -> "${diff / MONTH} months ago"
        diff < 2 * YEAR -> "a year ago"
        else -> "${diff / YEAR} years ago"
    }
}

And now in the code to get the time difference from a date in string, one can use:

    val date = SimpleDateFormat('your date pattern').parse(dateString)
    val timeString = date.time.toTimeAgo()

Upvotes: 0

Chirag
Chirag

Reputation: 56925

Try below code.

// suppose time format is into ("hh:mm a") format

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm a");

date1 = simpleDateFormat.parse("08:00 AM");
date2 = simpleDateFormat.parse("04:00 PM");

long difference = date2.getTime() - date1.getTime(); 
days = (int) (difference / (1000*60*60*24));  
hours = (int) ((difference - (1000*60*60*24*days)) / (1000*60*60)); 
min = (int) (difference - (1000*60*60*24*days) - (1000*60*60*hours)) / (1000*60);
hours = (hours < 0 ? -hours : hours);
Log.i("======= Hours"," :: "+hours);

Output - Hours :: 8

Upvotes: 51

Anonymous
Anonymous

Reputation: 86203

I should like to contribute the modern answer.

java.time and ThreeTenABP

    DateTimeFormatter timeFormatter = DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("hh:mm a", Locale.ENGLISH);

    String startTime = "08:00 AM";
    String endTime = "04:00 PM";

    LocalTime start = LocalTime.parse(startTime, timeFormatter);
    LocalTime end = LocalTime.parse(endTime, timeFormatter);

    Duration diff = Duration.between(start, end);

    long hours = diff.toHours();
    long minutes = diff.minusHours(hours).toMinutes();
    String totalTimeString = String.format("%02d:%02d", hours, minutes);
    System.out.println("TotalTime in Hours and Mins Format is " + totalTimeString);

The output from this snippet is:

TotalTime in Hours and Mins Format is 08:00

(Tested on Java 1.7.0_67 with ThreeTen Backport.)

The datetime classes used in the other answers — SimpleDateFormat, Date, DateFormat and Calendar — are all long outdated and poorly designed. Possibly worse, one answer is parsing and calculating “by hand”, without aid from any library classes. That is complicated and error-prone and never recommended. Instead I am using java.time, the modern Java date and time API. It is so much nicer to work with.

Question: Can I use java.time on Android?

Yes, java.time works nicely on older and newer Android devices. It just requires at least Java 6.

  • In Java 8 and later and on newer Android devices (from API level 26) the modern API comes built-in.
  • In Java 6 and 7 get the ThreeTen Backport, the backport of the modern classes (ThreeTen for JSR 310; see the links at the bottom).
  • On (older) Android use the Android edition of ThreeTen Backport. It’s called ThreeTenABP. And make sure you import the date and time classes from org.threeten.bp with subpackages: org.threeten.bp.Duration, org.threeten.bp.LocalTime and org.threeten.bp.format.DateTimeFormatter.

Links

Upvotes: 3

Hitesh sapra
Hitesh sapra

Reputation: 256

String mStrDifferenceTime =compareTwoTimeAMPM("11:06 PM","05:07 AM");
Log.e("App---Time ", mStrDifferenceTime+" Minutes");

public static String getCurrentDateUsingCalendar() {
    Date mDate = new Date();  // to get the date
    @SuppressLint("SimpleDateFormat") SimpleDateFormat mSimpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy"); // getting date in this format
    return mSimpleDateFormat.format(mDate.getTime());
}

public static String getNextDateUsingCalendar() {
    Calendar mCalendar = Calendar.getInstance();
    mCalendar.add(Calendar.DAY_OF_YEAR, 1);
    Date mStrTomorrow = mCalendar.getTime();
    @SuppressLint("SimpleDateFormat") DateFormat mDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy");
    return mDateFormat.format(mStrTomorrow);

}

public static String compareTwoTimeAMPM(String mStrStartTime, String mStrEndTime) {
    String mStrCompareStartTime[] = mStrStartTime.split(" ");
    String mStrCompareEndTime[] = mStrEndTime.split(" ");
    int mIStartTime = Integer.parseInt(mStrCompareStartTime[0].replace(":", ""));
    int mIEndTime = Integer.parseInt(mStrCompareEndTime[0].replace(":", ""));
    String mStrToday = "";
    String mStrTomorrow = "";
    if (mIStartTime < mIEndTime && mStrCompareStartTime[1].equals("PM") && mStrCompareEndTime[1].equals("PM")) {
        mStrToday = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
        mStrTomorrow = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
    } else if (mIStartTime < mIEndTime && mStrCompareStartTime[1].equals("AM") && mStrCompareEndTime[1].equals("AM")) {
        mStrToday = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
        mStrTomorrow = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
    } else if (mIStartTime > mIEndTime && mStrCompareStartTime[1].equals("PM") && mStrCompareEndTime[1].equals("PM")) {
        String mStrTime12[] = mStrCompareStartTime[0].split(":");
        if (mStrTime12[0].equals("12")) {
            mStrToday = getNextDateUsingCalendar();
            mStrTomorrow = getNextDateUsingCalendar();
        } else {
            mStrToday = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
            mStrTomorrow = getNextDateUsingCalendar();
        }
    } else if (mIStartTime > mIEndTime && mStrCompareStartTime[1].equals("AM") && mStrCompareEndTime[1].equals("AM")) {
        String mStrTime12[] = mStrCompareStartTime[0].split(":");
        if (mStrTime12[0].equals("12")) {
            mStrToday = getNextDateUsingCalendar();
            mStrTomorrow = getNextDateUsingCalendar();
        } else {
            mStrToday = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
            mStrTomorrow = getNextDateUsingCalendar();
        }
    } else if (mStrCompareStartTime[1].equals("PM") && mStrCompareEndTime[1].equals("AM")) {
        mStrToday = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
        mStrTomorrow = getNextDateUsingCalendar();
    } else if (mStrCompareStartTime[1].equals("AM") && mStrCompareEndTime[1].equals("PM")) {
        mStrToday = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
        mStrTomorrow = getCurrentDateUsingCalendar();
    }
    @SuppressLint("SimpleDateFormat") SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy hh:mm aa");
    String mStrDifference = "";
    try {
        Date date1 = simpleDateFormat.parse(mStrToday + " " + mStrStartTime);
        Date date2 = simpleDateFormat.parse(mStrTomorrow + " " + mStrEndTime);
        mStrDifference = differenceDatesAndTime(date1, date2);
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    return mStrDifference;

}


public static String differenceDatesAndTime(Date mDateStart, Date mDateEnd) {

    long different = mDateEnd.getTime() - mDateStart.getTime();
    long secondsInMilli = 1000;
    long minutesInMilli = secondsInMilli * 60;
    long hoursInMilli = minutesInMilli * 60;
    long daysInMilli = hoursInMilli * 24;

    long elapsedDays = different / daysInMilli;
    different = different % daysInMilli;

    long elapsedHours = different / hoursInMilli;
    different = different % hoursInMilli;

    long elapsedMinutes = different / minutesInMilli;

    long minutes = elapsedHours * 60 + elapsedMinutes;
    long result = elapsedDays * 24 * 60 + minutes;
    if (0 > result) {
        result = result + 720;  //result is minus then add 12*60 minutes
    }

    return result + "";
}

My output is E/App---Time: 361 Minutes

Upvotes: 0

Syed Danish Haider
Syed Danish Haider

Reputation: 1384

Try simple piece of code using For 24 hour time
StartTime = "10:00";
EndTime = "13:00";
here starthour=10 and end hour=13 
if(TextUtils.isEmpty(txtDate.getText().toString())||TextUtils.isEmpty(txtDate1.getText().toString())||TextUtils.isEmpty(txtTime.getText().toString())||TextUtils.isEmpty(txtTime1.getText().toString()))
    {
        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Date/Time fields cannot be blank", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }
    else {
        if (starthour > endhour) {
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Start Time Should Be Less Than End Time", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else if (starthour == endhour) {
            if (startmin > endmin) {
                Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Start Time Should Be Less Than End Time", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }
            else{
                tvalid = "True";
            }
        } else {
            // Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Sucess"+(endhour-starthour)+(endmin-startmin),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            tvalid = "True";
        }
    }
same for date also

Upvotes: -4

Kalpesh
Kalpesh

Reputation: 1807

Note: Corrected code as below which provide by Chirag Raval because in code which Chirag provided had some issues when we try to find time from 22:00 to 07:00.

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");
Date startDate = simpleDateFormat.parse("22:00");
Date endDate = simpleDateFormat.parse("07:00");

long difference = endDate.getTime() - startDate.getTime(); 
if(difference<0)
{
    Date dateMax = simpleDateFormat.parse("24:00");
    Date dateMin = simpleDateFormat.parse("00:00");
    difference=(dateMax.getTime() -startDate.getTime() )+(endDate.getTime()-dateMin.getTime());
}
int days = (int) (difference / (1000*60*60*24));  
int hours = (int) ((difference - (1000*60*60*24*days)) / (1000*60*60)); 
int min = (int) (difference - (1000*60*60*24*days) - (1000*60*60*hours)) / (1000*60);
Log.i("log_tag","Hours: "+hours+", Mins: "+min);

Result will be: Hours: 9, Mins: 0

Upvotes: 8

Sheenzz
Sheenzz

Reputation: 59

Please try this....

SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm");

    try {
        date1 = simpleDateFormat.parse("08:00 AM");
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    try {
        date2 = simpleDateFormat.parse("04:00 PM");
    } catch (ParseException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

    long difference = date2.getTime() - date1.getTime();
    int days = (int) (difference / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
    int hours = (int) ((difference - (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * days)) / (1000 * 60 * 60));
    int min = (int) (difference - (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * days) - (1000 * 60 * 60 * hours))
            / (1000 * 60);
    hours = (hours < 0 ? -hours : hours);
    Log.i("======= Hours", " :: " + hours);

Upvotes: 3

Rahul Baradia
Rahul Baradia

Reputation: 11951

Have a look at DateFormat, you can use it to parse your strings with the parse(String source) method and the you can easily manipulate the two Dates object to obtain what you want.

DateFormat df = DateFormat.getInstance();
Date date1 = df.parse(string1);
Date date2 = df.parse(string2);
long difference = date1.getTime() - date2.getTime();

days = (int) (difference / (1000*60*60*24));  
hours = (int) ((difference - (1000*60*60*24*days)) / (1000*60*60)); 
min = (int) (difference - (1000*60*60*24*days) - (1000*60*60*hours)) / (1000*60);

String diffHours = df.format(hours);

For date difference

Date myDate = new Date(difference);

The to show the Date :

String diff = df.format(myDate);

Upvotes: 4

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