Module: Chore::TimeHelp

Defined in:
lib/chore/time_help.rb

Class Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.elapsed_human_time(seconds) ⇒ Object

Show stuff like “7 weeks, 3 days, 4 hours” instead of 13252363477 seconds since epoch



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# File 'lib/chore/time_help.rb', line 5

def self.elapsed_human_time seconds
  remaining_ticks = seconds
  human_text = ""

  [[60,:seconds],[60,:minutes],[24,:hours],[7, :days]].each do |ticks, unit|
    above = remaining_ticks / ticks
    below = remaining_ticks % ticks

    if below != 0
      unit = unit[0..-2] if below == 1
      human_text = "#{below} #{unit} " + human_text
    end

    remaining_ticks = above
    if above == 0
      break
      end
  end
  human_text.strip
end