Method: ETL::Util#distance_of_time_in_words

Defined in:
lib/etl/util.rb

#distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, to_time = Time.now) ⇒ Object

Return the distance of time in words from the given from_time to the specified to_time. If to_time is not specified then Time.now is used. By default seconds are included…set the include_seconds argument to false to disable the seconds.



6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
 
# File 'lib/etl/util.rb', line 6

def distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, to_time=Time.now)
  from_time = from_time.to_time if from_time.respond_to?(:to_time)
  to_time = to_time.to_time if to_time.respond_to?(:to_time)
  seconds = (to_time - from_time).round
  distance_in_days = (seconds/(60*60*24)).round
  seconds = seconds % (60*60*24)
  distance_in_hours = (seconds/(60*60)).round
  seconds = seconds % (60*60)
  distance_in_minutes = (seconds/60).round
  seconds = seconds % 60
  distance_in_seconds = seconds

  s = ''
  s << "#{distance_in_days} days," if distance_in_days > 0
  s << "#{distance_in_hours} hours, " if distance_in_hours > 0
  s << "#{distance_in_minutes} minutes, " if distance_in_minutes > 0
  s << "#{distance_in_seconds} seconds"
  s
end