How to convert milliseconds to seconds with precision
divide, java, milliseconds, precision
Solution
Surely you just need:
double seconds = milliseconds / 1000.0;
There's no need to manually do the two parts separately - you just need floating point arithmetic, which the use of `1000.0` (as a `double` literal) forces. (I'm assuming your `milliseconds` value is an integer of some form.)
Note that as usual with `double`, you may not be able to represent the result exactly. Consider using `BigDecimal` if you want to represent 100ms as 0.1 seconds exactly. (Given that it's a physical quantity, and the 100ms wouldn't be exact in the first place, a `double` is probably appropriate, but...)
Problem
I want to convert milliseconds to seconds (for example 1500ms to 1.5s, or 500ms to 0.5s) with as much precision as possible. `Double.parseDouble(500 / 1000 + "." + 500 % 1000);` isn't the best way to do it: I'm looking for a way to get the remainder from a division operation so I could simply add the remainder on.