I need a code snippet for converting amount of time given by number of seconds into some human readable form. The function should receive a number and output a string like this:
34 seconds 12 minutes 4 hours 5 days 4 months 1 year
No formatting required, hard-coded format will go.
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Answer
With help of Royi we’ve got code that outputs time interval in a human readable form:
function millisecondsToStr (milliseconds) { // TIP: to find current time in milliseconds, use: // var current_time_milliseconds = new Date().getTime(); function numberEnding (number) { return (number > 1) ? 's' : ''; } var temp = Math.floor(milliseconds / 1000); var years = Math.floor(temp / 31536000); if (years) { return years + ' year' + numberEnding(years); } //TODO: Months! Maybe weeks? var days = Math.floor((temp %= 31536000) / 86400); if (days) { return days + ' day' + numberEnding(days); } var hours = Math.floor((temp %= 86400) / 3600); if (hours) { return hours + ' hour' + numberEnding(hours); } var minutes = Math.floor((temp %= 3600) / 60); if (minutes) { return minutes + ' minute' + numberEnding(minutes); } var seconds = temp % 60; if (seconds) { return seconds + ' second' + numberEnding(seconds); } return 'less than a second'; //'just now' //or other string you like; }