package utility import ( "fmt" "strings" "time" ) // FormatDurationCoarse returns a pretty printed duration with coarse granularity. func FormatDurationCoarse(duration time.Duration) string { // Negative durations (e.g. future dates) should work too. if duration < 0 { duration *= -1 } var result = func(text string, v int64) string { if v == 1 { text = strings.TrimSuffix(text, "s") } return fmt.Sprintf(text, v) } if duration.Seconds() < 60.0 { return result("%d seconds", int64(duration.Seconds())) } if duration.Minutes() < 60.0 { return result("%d minutes", int64(duration.Minutes())) } if duration.Hours() < 24.0 { return result("%d hours", int64(duration.Hours())) } days := int64(duration.Hours() / 24) if days < 30 { return result("%d days", days) } months := int64(days / 30) if months < 12 { return result("%d months", months) } years := int64(days / 365) return result("%d years", years) }