How to get Mins and Seconds from seconds left.

Hi there,

How do i convert a number which is in seconds (eg 310 seconds) to 5 minutes 10 seconds?

Do i use the mod function (which i cant seem to be able to use in the pocket pc development.,.)

here is one i used before:

VB Code:

Public Function formatLength(ByVal howManySeconds As Object) As Object
 
        Dim mySeconds As Object
        Dim myHours As Object
        Dim myMinutes As Object
 
        On Error GoTo errCheck '//just incase of an error
 
        ' //duration '
        mySeconds = howManySeconds
 
        'if mySeconds is greater or equal to 3,600 seconds
 
        If mySeconds >= 3600 Then
            'get hours which is equal to seconds divided by 3600
            myHours = mySeconds / 3600
 
            'set the seconds to the numbers after the decimal sign
            'thats what mod does
            mySeconds = mySeconds Mod 3600
        Else
            'if not greater than 3600, just set it to 0
            myHours = 0
        End If
 
        If mySeconds >= 60 Then
            'greater than or equal to 60
            'set the minutes equal to the value of (seconds divided by 60).
            'and get the remaining numbers after the decimal
            'which will be the seconds
            'using the mod sign
 
            myMinutes = mySeconds \ 60
            mySeconds = mySeconds Mod 60
        Else
            'if not set to 0
            myMinutes = 0
        End If
 
        'return
        formatLength = Format$(myHours, "00:") & Format$(myMinutes, "00:") & Format$(mySeconds, "00")
        Exit Function
 
errCheck:
        formatLength = ""
    End Function

If you can't use Mod function in PPC development environ, wouldn't the following work:

VB Code:

Public Function ConvertRawSeconds(RawSeconds As Int) As String
   Dim RemainingSecs As Integer
   Dim Minutes As Integer
   Dim Seconds As Integer
 
   RemainingSecs = RawSeconds
   Minutes = 0
   Seconds = 0
 
   Do While RemainingSecs > 0
      If RemainingSecs > 59 Then
         Minutes = Minutes + 1
         RemainingSecs = RemainingSecs - 60
      Else
         Seconds = RemainingSecs
         RemainingSecs = 0
      End If
   Loop
   ' And borrowing/adapting syntax from Strider's previous posting
   ConvertRawSeconds = Format$(Minutes, "00:") & Format$(Seconds, "00")
End Function

Obviously you could add one more If/Then switch to account for hours if needed.

Found it !!

Quote:

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Originally Posted by wossname

VB Code:

Dim ts As TimeSpan = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3931)       '3931 seconds
    MessageBox.Show("Hours: " & ts.Hours)
    MessageBox.Show("Minutes: " & ts.Minutes)
    MessageBox.Show("Seconds: " & ts.Seconds)

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That was certainly more elegant than my suggestion.

Heee...i know....

Thank goodness i checked the forums again...

It was wossname who posted it.. i am just putting it here so pple knows it works on the CF.