Gem to return human readable times.

Usage

Output a number of seconds in human readable form:

>> HumanTime.output 1
=> "1 second"
>> HumanTime.output 45
=> "45 seconds"
>> HumanTime.output 70
=> "1 minute 10 seconds"
>> HumanTime.output 234
=> "3 minutes 54 seconds"
>> HumanTime.output 53005
=> "14 hours 43 minutes"
>> HumanTime.output 530052
=> "6 days"
>> HumanTime.output 1209600
=> "14 days"
>> HumanTime.output 5452302
=> "2 months"

Output the number of seconds in human readable form, rounding up to a minimum unit:

>> HumanTime.output 53005, { :round_to => HumanTime::DAY }

Get the difference between two integer values of seconds:

>> HumanTime.between 3600, 60
=> "59 minutes" 

Get the difference between two Time or DateTime values:

>> HumanTime.between Time.now, Time.now
=> "0 seconds" 

>> t1 = Time.utc( 2011, 12, 1 )
=> 2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC 
>> t2 = Time.utc( 2011, 12, 8 )
=> 2011-12-08 00:00:00 UTC 
>> HumanTime.between t1, t2
=> "1 week" 

>> t1 = Time.now
=> 2012-04-03 11:35:22 +0100 
>> t2 = Time.now + 3600
=> 2012-04-03 12:35:26 +0100 
>> HumanTime.between t1, t2
=> "1 hour" 

You can also pass additional options to #output or #between.

To round up times:

>> HumanTime.output 23
=> "23 seconds" 
>> HumanTime.output 23, { :round_to => HumanTime::MINUTE }
=> "1 minute" 
>> HumanTime.output 234
=> "3 minutes 54 seconds" 
>> HumanTime.output 234, { :round_to => HumanTime::HOUR }
=> "1 hour" 
>> HumanTime.output 53005
=> "14 hours 43 minutes" 
>> HumanTime.output 53005, { :round_to => HumanTime::DAY }
=> "1 day" 
>> HumanTime.output 530052
=> "6 days" 
>> HumanTime.output 530052, { :round_to => HumanTime::WEEK }
=> "6 days" 
>> HumanTime.output 1209600
=> "2 weeks" 
>> HumanTime.output 1209600, { :round_to => HumanTime::MONTH }
=> "1 month" 
>> HumanTime.output 5452302
=> "2 months" 
>> HumanTime.output 5452302, { :round_to => HumanTime::YEAR }
=> "2 months"

>> t1 = Time.now
=> 2012-04-03 11:35:22 +0100 
>> t2 = Time.now + 3600
=> 2012-04-03 12:35:26 +0100 
>> HumanTime.between t1, t2
=> "1 hour" 
>> HumanTime.between t1, t2, { :round_to => HumanTime::DAY }
=> "1 day" 

Changelog

• 0.1.0: First release. [March 25, 2012]
• 0.2.0: Added HumanTime#between method. [April 3, 2012]
• 0.2.1: Changes to display "0 seconds" if you're passing two times that are the same to HumanTime#between. [April 3, 2012]
• 0.2.2: Added ability to pass an options hash containing :round_to to #between and #output. [April 3, 2012]