package format import ( "fmt" "math" "strings" "time" ) // humanDuration returns a human-readable approximation of a // duration (eg. "About a minute", "4 hours ago", etc.). func humanDuration(d time.Duration) string { seconds := int(d.Seconds()) switch { case seconds < 1: return "Less than a second" case seconds == 1: return "1 second" case seconds < 60: return fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds", seconds) } minutes := int(d.Minutes()) switch { case minutes == 1: return "About a minute" case minutes < 60: return fmt.Sprintf("%d minutes", minutes) } hours := int(math.Round(d.Hours())) switch { case hours == 1: return "About an hour" case hours < 48: return fmt.Sprintf("%d hours", hours) case hours < 24*7*2: return fmt.Sprintf("%d days", hours/24) case hours < 24*30*2: return fmt.Sprintf("%d weeks", hours/24/7) case hours < 24*365*2: return fmt.Sprintf("%d months", hours/24/30) } return fmt.Sprintf("%d years", int(d.Hours())/24/365) } func HumanTime(t time.Time, zeroValue string) string { return humanTime(t, zeroValue) } func HumanTimeLower(t time.Time, zeroValue string) string { return strings.ToLower(humanTime(t, zeroValue)) } func humanTime(t time.Time, zeroValue string) string { if t.IsZero() { return zeroValue } delta := time.Since(t) if delta < 0 { return humanDuration(-delta) + " from now" } return humanDuration(delta) + " ago" }