51b63aa576
called human which works on datetime objects instead of timedelta objects. Updated README to document new function usage.
53 lines
1.5 KiB
Python
53 lines
1.5 KiB
Python
def delta2dict( delta ):
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"""return dictionary of delta"""
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return {
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'year' : delta.days / 365 ,
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'day' : delta.days % 365 ,
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'hour' : delta.seconds / 3600 ,
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'minute' : (delta.seconds / 60) % 60 ,
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'second' : delta.seconds % 60 ,
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'microsecond' : delta.microseconds
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}
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def delta2human( delta, precision = 2 ):
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"""return human readable delta string"""
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units = ( 'year', 'day', 'hour', 'minute', 'second', 'microsecond' )
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d = delta2dict( delta )
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hlist = []
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count = 0
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for unit in units:
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if count >= precision: break # met precision
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if d[ unit ] == 0: continue # skip 0's
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s = '' if d[ unit ] == 1 else 's' # handle plurals
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hlist.append( '%s %s%s' % ( d[unit], unit, s ) )
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count += 1
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return ', '.join( hlist )
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def human( d1, precision = 2 ):
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"""Pass datetime we will return human delta string"""
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from datetime import datetime
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d2 = datetime.now()
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delta = d2 - d1
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return delta2human( delta, precision )
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def test():
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"""Test and example usage"""
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from datetime import datetime
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d1 = datetime(
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year = 2009,
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month=5,
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day=4,
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hour=6,
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minute=54,
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second=33,
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microsecond=4000
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)
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d2 = datetime.now()
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delta = d2 - d1
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print 'This is just the ago.py test:'
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print delta2dict( delta )
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print 'Commented ' + delta2human( delta, 3 ) + ' ago'
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print 'Commented ' + human( d1 ) + ' ago'
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if __name__ == "__main__": test()
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