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convertSecondsToTimeString(timeInSeconds)

Last updated April 15, 2015

author

Simon Bingham

Version: 2 | Requires: CF9 | Library: DateLib

Description:
Takes a time in seconds argument and converts to a time string in "4d 12h 30m" format.

Return Values:
Returns a string formatting the passed-in seconds value in days, hours and minutes

Example:

<cfoutput>
    <h2>Test Seconds</h2>

    <cfloop index="variables.seconds" from="0" to="60" step="15">
        #convertSecondsToTimeString(variables.seconds)#<br>
    </cfloop>

    <h2>Test Minutes</h2>

    <cfloop index="variables.seconds" from="0" to="3600" step="60">
        #convertSecondsToTimeString(variables.seconds)#<br>
    </cfloop>

    <h2>Test Hours</h2>

    <cfloop index="variables.seconds" from="0" to="86399" step="3600">
        #convertSecondsToTimeString(variables.seconds)#<br>
    </cfloop>

    <h2>Test All</h2>

    <cfloop index="variables.seconds" from="39600" to="40200" step="1">
        #convertSecondsToTimeString(variables.seconds)#<br>
    </cfloop>
</cfoutput>

Parameters:

Name Description Required
timeInSeconds Time in seconds Yes

Full UDF Source:

/**
 * Takes a time in seconds argument and converts to a time string in &quot;4d 12h 30m&quot; format.
 * v0.9 by Simon Bingham
 * v1.0 by Adam Cameron. Tweaking small bug if a float is passed-in rather than an integer.
 * 
 * @param timeInSeconds      Time in seconds (Required)
 * @return Returns a string formatting the passed-in seconds value in days, hours and minutes 
 * @author Simon Bingham (me@simonbingham.me.uk) 
 * @version 2.0, April 15, 2015 
 */
function convertSecondsToTimeString(seconds) {
    local.hours = arguments.seconds \ 3600;
    local.minutes = (arguments.seconds \ 60) mod 60;
    local.seconds = (arguments.seconds) mod 60;
    return numberformat(local.hours, "0") & ":" & numberformat(local.minutes, "00") & ":" & numberformat(local.seconds, "00");
}

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