How to get milliseconds in time?

Question

I'm trying to add milliseconds in my String, actually I'm using this:

time.update(String.format(textFormat, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toMinutes(millis), TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS.toSeconds(millis), millis);

textFormat = "%02d:%02d:%02d";

The result I want is like this:

image of desired result

But I get this:

image of actual result

What should I do? Can I get this using maths?

Please [edit] your question to provide a [mre]. For instance, what is `MILLISECONDS`? — Slaw, Jun 16 '19 at 23:44
Please search for [java format duration] or similar. This has been answered with variations quite a number of times already. I’m immodest enough to recommend [my own answer here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/50438972/5772882). — Ole V.V., Jun 17 '19 at 06:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 16 '19 at 23:45

The last value should be reduced modulo 1000, since you want milliseconds past the last complete second.

millis % 1000

And then you'll want %03d, on account of there being 1000 milliseconds in a second.

If you really only want two digits, that's centiseconds, not milliseconds, so use

(millis % 1000) / 10

How to get milliseconds in time?

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