Lua Converting lua time into a readable format.

[Xikini]

Is there a better way to do it then this?

Basically the idea is to take days/hours/minutes/seconds and only show the bare-minimum information.

Example 1: 4 days, 5 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds
Shows -> 4 days 5 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds

Example 2: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Shows -> 7 minutes 2 seconds

Example 3: 1 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds
Shows -> 1 day 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds

Example 3: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 6 seconds
Shows -> 6 seconds

Helping someone here, I came up with this function (below), but I want to know if there is a better way to do this?

local function convert_seconds_into_readable_text(value)
    local difference_in_seconds = value
    local days, hours, minutes, seconds = 0, 0, 0, 0
    
    while difference_in_seconds ~= 0 do
        if difference_in_seconds >= 86400 then
            difference_in_seconds = difference_in_seconds - 86400
            days = days + 1
        elseif difference_in_seconds >= 3600 then
            difference_in_seconds = difference_in_seconds - 3600
            hours = hours + 1
        elseif difference_in_seconds >= 60 then
            difference_in_seconds = difference_in_seconds - 60
            minutes = minutes + 1
        else
            seconds = difference_in_seconds
            difference_in_seconds = 0
        end
    end
    
    local text = ""
    if days > 0 then
        text = text .. days .. (days == 1 and " day " or " days ") .. hours .. " hours " .. minutes .. " minutes and " .. seconds .. " seconds"
    elseif hours > 0 then
        text = text .. hours .. " hours " .. minutes .. " minutes and " .. seconds .. " seconds"
    elseif minutes > 0 then
        text = text .. minutes .. " minutes and " .. seconds .. " seconds"
    else
        text = text .. seconds .. " seconds"
    end
    return text
end

 

[mackerel]

Is there a better way to do it then this?

Basically the idea is to take days/hours/minutes/seconds and only show the bare-minimum information.

Example 1: 4 days, 5 hours, 3 minutes, 2 seconds
Shows -> 4 days 5 hours 3 minutes 2 seconds

Example 2: 0 days, 0 hours, 7 minutes, 2 seconds
Shows -> 7 minutes 2 seconds

Example 3: 1 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 0 seconds
Shows -> 1 day 0 hours 0 minutes 0 seconds

Example 3: 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes, 6 seconds
Shows -> 6 seconds

Helping someone here, I came up with this function (below), but I want to know if there is a better way to do this?

local function convert_seconds_into_readable_text(value)
    local difference_in_seconds = value
    local days, hours, minutes, seconds = 0, 0, 0, 0
   
    while difference_in_seconds ~= 0 do
        if difference_in_seconds >= 86400 then
            difference_in_seconds = difference_in_seconds - 86400
            days = days + 1
        elseif difference_in_seconds >= 3600 then
            difference_in_seconds = difference_in_seconds - 3600
            hours = hours + 1
        elseif difference_in_seconds >= 60 then
            difference_in_seconds = difference_in_seconds - 60
            minutes = minutes + 1
        else
            seconds = difference_in_seconds
            difference_in_seconds = 0
        end
    end
   
    local text = ""
    if days > 0 then
        text = text .. days .. (days == 1 and " day " or " days ") .. hours .. " hours " .. minutes .. " minutes and " .. seconds .. " seconds"
    elseif hours > 0 then
        text = text .. hours .. " hours " .. minutes .. " minutes and " .. seconds .. " seconds"
    elseif minutes > 0 then
        text = text .. minutes .. " minutes and " .. seconds .. " seconds"
    else
        text = text .. seconds .. " seconds"
    end
    return text
end

local function convertSeconds(time)
    local days = math.floor(time / 86400)
    local hours = math.floor(math.fmod(time, 86400) / 3600)
    local minutes = math.floor(math.fmod(time, 3600) / 60)
    local seconds = math.floor(math.fmod(time, 60))
    
    local s = tostring(days > 0 and days .. (days == 1 and " day, " or " days, ") or "")
    s = s .. tostring(hours > 0 and hours .. (hours == 1 and " hour, " or " hours, ") or "")
    s = s .. tostring(minutes > 0 and minutes .. (minutes == 1 and " minute, " or " minutes, ") or "")
    s = s .. tostring(seconds > 0 and seconds .. (seconds == 1 and " second, " or " seconds, ") or "")
    
    return string.gsub(s, ",[^,]*$", "")
end

local value = convertSeconds(122)
print(value)

 

[Evil Puncker]

there is also this one:

timeString(timeDiff) - "23 hours, 30 minutes and 10 seconds"

Hey there ;) I made this for a script :p It's very simple to add more date formats, currently its only days, hours, minutes and seconds. UPDATED 2017-02-15 Place this function in data/lib/functions.lua: function timeString(timeDiff, roundVal, roundUpVal) if roundVal and roundVal 1 then...

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