rounding a fraction+time

[meera jan]

hi all,
i don't know..whether this is the right forum tp post this doubt..
First of all my doubt is,how to find the difference between 2 time values in java.
i have 2 values
time1= "9.20"
time2="18.00"
what i want is the difference 8.40.how to get it?
also the second doubt how to round a fraction to 2 decimal points...
8.6667899 to 8.67.
pls help
thanx in advance

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[David O'Meara]

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[ October 10, 2005: Message edited by: David O'Meara ]

[Sri Ram]

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the second doubt how to round a fraction to 2 decimal points...
8.6667899 to 8.67.
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U can use NumberFormat Class. check the API for the method, i think its setMaximumFractionDigit(2). check the api for the method explanation.

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the difference between 2 time values in java
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U can convert the time to milliseconds, find the difference as its a integer and then convert back to hours.

[Napa Sreedhar]

1. Construct two GregorianCalendar objects gc1 and gc2
2. Calculate Elapsed Seconds
long getElapsedSeconds(gc1, gc2) {
Date d1 = gc1.getTime();
Date d2 = gc2.getTime();
long l1 = d1.getTime();
long l2 = d2.getTime();
long difference = Math.abs(l2 - l1);
return difference / 1000;
}
3.
long seconds = getElapsedSeconds(gc1, gc2)
int hours = (int)seconds / 3600;
seconds = seconds - (hours * 3600);
int minutes = (int) seconds / 60;
int ss = (int)seconds - (minutes * 60);

[Pratik Lohia]

Use this ro round up to tow decimals.

public static double roundDoubleValue(double val2Round) {
/*
* Method to round off a recurring double value to a two decimal precision.
*
*/
BigDecimal bd = new BigDecimal(val2Round);
bd = bd.setScale(2, BigDecimal.ROUND_HALF_UP);
// now to remove zero after decimal
return bd.doubleValue();
} // end of method roundDoubleValue