How to measure the a time-span in seconds using System.currentTimeMillis()?

Question

How to convert System.currentTimeMillis(); to seconds?

long start6=System.currentTimeMillis();
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Answer 1

For conversion of milliseconds to seconds, since 1 second = 10³ milliseconds:

//here m will be in seconds
long m = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000;

//here m will be in minutes
long m = System.currentTimeMillis()/1000/60; //this will give in mins