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Opeyemi Noah
Opeyemi Noah

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Convert Integer value to Hour:Minute:Seconds in dart

As a developer, there are times that you 'll need to convert a integer values to time remaining, It could be during the course of using Stream or something else.

Below is a good approach to handle the situation

Not so fast,
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To understand the code below you need to understand some basic time conversion.

1. one(1) hour =3600 seconds

Definitely to convert let's say 2 hours to seconds we 'll have 2*3600 = 7200 seconds

2. one(1) minute = 60 seconds

Definitely to convert 2minutes to seconds we 'll have
2*60 =120 seconds

3. one(1) seconds = 1 seconds

String intToTimeLeft(int value) {
  int h, m, s;

  h = value ~/ 3600;

  m = ((value - h * 3600)) ~/ 60;

  s = value - (h * 3600) - (m * 60);

  String result = "$h:$m:$s";

  return result;
}
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Output


0:0:0
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And if you decide to go with one with more muscle

String intToTimeLeft(int value) {
  int h, m, s;

  h = value ~/ 3600;

  m = ((value - h * 3600)) ~/ 60;

  s = value - (h * 3600) - (m * 60);

  String hourLeft = h.toString().length < 2 ? "0" + h.toString() : h.toString();

  String minuteLeft =
      m.toString().length < 2 ? "0" + m.toString() : m.toString();

  String secondsLeft =
      s.toString().length < 2 ? "0" + s.toString() : s.toString();

  String result = "$hourLeft:$minuteLeft:$secondsLeft";

  return result;
}
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Output


00:00:00
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That wraps up everything ..See you in the next one

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Murilo Medeiros do Valle

You could change yout "complete with zero on left" functions with the following:

final hourLeft = h.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
final minuteLeft = m.toString().padLeft(2, '0');
final secondLeft = s.toString().padLeft(2, '0');

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Opeyemi Noah

thanks @muthmedeiros, will definitely check it out.

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Pablo Discobar

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