How to parse a string containing number of seconds to h/m/s format

Question

I have a string that contains a number of seconds outputted by a timer (please note that the string is updated every second):

How can I parse this string to hour/minute/second format in javascript?

`new Date( "5162" *1000).toISOString().split("T")[1].split(".")[0]` for <24 hours — dandavis, Oct 16 '15 at 19:17
search stackoverflow. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1322732/convert-seconds-to-hh-mm-ss-with-javascript — Chris L, Oct 16 '15 at 19:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '15 at 19:24

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You don't need to parse-just do some math.

Pseudocode:

sec=5162
hours = truncate(sec / 3600)
sec= sec modulo 3600
mins = truncate (sec/60)
sec = sec modulo 60

You don't mention what language you are using; in c, you can use sprintf to put all the pieces together into a string.

answered Oct 16 '15 at 19:24

Jim Bob

Sorry, I tagged it with JavaScript, but I guess I wasn't clear enough – Cat Overlord Oct 16 '15 at 19:25

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