Android Question Convert DatePeriod to string

[trueboss323]

Using

Dim span as Period

I want to get the time difference between 2 times.
I tried using on a button click

Dim span2 As String
span = DateUtils.PeriodBetween(StartTime, endTime)
span2 = span
Msgbox(span2,"")

and then the message box shows:
java.lang.NumberFormatException: Invalid double: "[Days=0, Hours=0, IsInitialized=true, Minutes=0, Months=0, Seconds=14, Years=0]"

How can I change it so it appears as 00:00:14 ?

 

[Erel]

You need to convert the period to such formatted string. It will not happen automatically.

Sub PeriodToString(p As Period) As String
   Return $"$2{p.Hours}:$2{p.Minutes}:$2{p.Seconds}"$
End Sub

Log(PeriodToString(span))

 

[DonManfred]

span2 = numberformat(span.Hours,2,0)&":"&numberformat(span.Minutes,2,0)&":"&numberformat(span.Seconds,2,0)

 

[trueboss323]

Thanks Erel. One more question.
Is it possible to check if the time span is greater than another time span? I already used

StateManager.SetSetting("Prevtime",PeriodToString(span))

'Check if span is greater
If PeriodToString(span) > StateManager.GetSetting("Prevtime") Then
Msgbox("You have beat your record","")
End If

 

[Erel]

It is possible, but you will need to write the code that checks it. If you are only dealing with hours or smaller intervals then it is quite simple to convert the Period to seconds and then compare it:

Sub ShortPeriodToSeconds(p As Period) As Int
Return p.Hours * 3600 + p.Minutes * 60 + p.Seconds
End Sub