// Package units provides helper function to parse and print size and time units // in human-readable format. package units import ( "fmt" "time" ) // HumanDuration returns a human-readable approximation of a duration // (eg. "About a minute", "4 hours ago", etc.). func HumanDuration(d time.Duration) string { if seconds := int(d.Seconds()); seconds < 1 { return "Less than a second" } else if seconds == 1 { return "1 second" } else if seconds < 60 { return fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds", seconds) } else if minutes := int(d.Minutes()); minutes == 1 { return "About a minute" } else if minutes < 60 { return fmt.Sprintf("%d minutes", minutes) } else if hours := int(d.Hours() + 0.5); hours == 1 { return "About an hour" } else if hours < 48 { return fmt.Sprintf("%d hours", hours) } else if hours < 24*7*2 { return fmt.Sprintf("%d days", hours/24) } else if hours < 24*30*2 { return fmt.Sprintf("%d weeks", hours/24/7) } else if hours < 24*365*2 { return fmt.Sprintf("%d months", hours/24/30) } return fmt.Sprintf("%d years", int(d.Hours())/24/365) }