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Humanize time intervals. humanize_time(173, "hours") --> [(1, 'week'), (5, 'hours')]
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| #!/usr/bin/env python | |
| INTERVALS = [1, 60, 3600, 86400, 604800, 2419200, 29030400] | |
| NAMES = [('second', 'seconds'), | |
| ('minute', 'minutes'), | |
| ('hour', 'hours'), | |
| ('day', 'days'), | |
| ('week', 'weeks'), | |
| ('month', 'months'), | |
| ('year', 'years')] | |
| NAMES_SINGULAR = ['second', 'minute', 'hour', 'day', 'week', 'month', 'year'] | |
| def humanize_time(amount, units): | |
| result = [] | |
| unit = map(lambda a: a[1], NAMES).index(units) | |
| # Convert to seconds | |
| amount = amount * INTERVALS[unit] | |
| for i in range(len(NAMES)-1, -1, -1): | |
| a = amount / INTERVALS[i] | |
| if a > 0: | |
| result.append( (a, NAMES[i][1 % a]) ) | |
| amount -= a * INTERVALS[i] | |
| return result |
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