I haven't tried it, but I suspect that calling normalizedStandard() on the period before printing will do what you want. Stephen
On 1 September 2011 10:29, fed <res...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > i have a negative Duration that indicates some hours/minutes, i want > to print it in the form hours:minutes, i use this way for example: > > DateTime start= new DateTime(2011, 1, 1, 15, 30 ,0 ,0); > > DateTime end = new DateTime(2011, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0 ,0); > > Duration duration = new Duration(start, end); > > PeriodFormatter formatter = new PeriodFormatterBuilder() > > .minimumPrintedDigits(2).printZeroAlways().appendHours() > .appendSeparator(":").appendMinutes().toFormatter(); > > System.out.println(formatter.print(duration.toPeriod())); > > but in this case i get "-15:-30" not "-15:30", in the case that i > use as start new DateTime(2011, 1, 1, 15, 0 ,0 ,0); i get "-15:00" > and this is correct, no sign on the minutes. > > What is the right way to print this negative value in terms of hours:minutes ? > > Thanks for the help > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! > Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better > price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you > download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Joda-interest mailing list > Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ Joda-interest mailing list Joda-interest@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/joda-interest