code: public String getSeconds() {
          if (myTimerIsRunning) {
              throw new IllegalStateException(LOGGER.getI18n(MessageCodes.UTIL_042));
          }
  
          final StringBuilder result = new StringBuilder();
          final long timeGap = myStop - myStart;
  
          return result.append(timeGap / 1000).append(" secs, ").append(timeGap % 1000).append(" msecs ").toString();
      }
docs: Express the "reading" on the stopwatch in seconds.
  
  @return Time elapsed in stopwatch in seconds
  @throws IllegalStateException if the Stopwatch has never been used, or if the stopwatch is still running.