pkg/units/duration.go

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 < 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()); 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*3 {
		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("%f years", d.Hours()/24/365)
}