Class: Integer

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/babushka/core_patches/integer.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#xsecs ⇒ Object

Return a string describing this integer as a human-readable, approximated duration, assuming it is a number of seconds. The description will be either 'now', 'less than a minute', or a value in minutes, hours or days. Some examples:

12.xsecs      #=> "less than a minute"
80.xsecs      #=> "1 minute"
1337.xsecs    #=> "22 minutes"
1234567.xsecs #=> "14 days"


10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
 
# File 'lib/babushka/core_patches/integer.rb', line 10

def xsecs
  # TODO: move
  value = self.abs
  past = (self < 0)

  if value == 0
    'now'
  elsif value < 60
    "less than a minute#{' ago' if past}"
  else
    divisor, threshold, unit = [
      [1, 1, 'less than a minute'],
      [60, 50, 'minute'],
      [3600, 3600, 'hour'],
      [3600*24, 3600*24, 'day'],
      [3600*24*7, 3600*24*7, 'week'],
      [3600*24*30, 3600*24*28, 'month'], # 28: 4 weeks
      [3600*24*365, 3600*24*360, 'year'], # 360: 12 30-day months
      [1, :infinity, 'forever']
    ].each_cons(2).detect {|(this_threshold, next_threshold)|
      next_threshold[1] == :infinity || value < next_threshold[1]
    }.first

    value /= divisor
    value = 1 if value == 0
    "#{value} #{unit}#{'s' unless value == 1}#{' ago' if past}"
  end

end