/*
how to convert 1237891273 seconds into 39 years 2 months 23 days 10 hours 41 minutes and 13 seconds.
credits: Dan Florio, aka: polyGeek
http://polygeek.com/flex/513_ConvertSecondsToEnglish/srcview/index.html
*/
package utils {
public class DateToEnglish {
public function DateToEnglish() {}
public static const EXACT_SECONDS_IN_YEAR:uint = 31556926; // according to Google
public static const EXACT_SECONDS_IN_MONTH:Number = 2629743.83; // according to Google
public static const EXACT_SECONDS_IN_DAY:uint = 86400; // according to Google
public static const SECONDS_IN_MONTH:Number = 60 * 60 * 24 * 30.4167;// non leap year
public static const SECONDS_IN_DAY:uint = 60 * 60 * 24;// 86400;
public static const SECONDS_IN_YEAR:uint = SECONDS_IN_DAY * 365;
public static const MILLISECONDS_IN_MINUTE:int = 1000 * 60;
public static const MILLISECONDS_IN_HOUR:int = 1000 * 60 * 60;
public static const MILLISECONDS_IN_DAY:int = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
public static function convertSeconds( n:Number ):String {
n *= 1000;
var d:String = "";
var and:String;
var time:Date = new Date( n );
var years:uint = time.fullYearUTC - 1970;
var months:uint = time.monthUTC;
var days:uint = time.dateUTC - 1;
var hours:uint = time.hoursUTC;
var mins:uint = time.minutesUTC;
var secs:uint = time.secondsUTC;
// years
if( years > 0 && ( months > 0 || days > 0 || hours > 0 || mins > 0 || secs > 0 ) ) {
d = ( years > 1 ) ?
String( years ) + " years" :
"1 year";
} else if( years > 0 ){
d = ( years > 1 ) ?
String( years ) + " years." :
"1 year.";
}
// months
if( months > 0 && ( days > 0 || hours > 0 || mins > 0 || secs > 0 ) ) {
d = insertEndSpace( d );
d += ( months > 1 ) ?
String( months ) + " months" :
"1 month";
} else if( months > 0 ) {
and = ( d.length > 0 ) ? " and " : "";
d += ( months > 1 ) ?
and + String( months ) + " months" :
and + "1 month.";
}
// days
if( days > 0 && ( hours > 0 || mins > 0 || secs > 0 ) ) {
d = insertEndSpace( d );
d += ( days > 1 ) ?
String( days ) + " days" :
"1 day";
} else if( days > 0 ) {
and = ( d.length > 0 ) ? " and " : "";
d += ( days > 1 ) ?
and + String( days ) + " days" :
and + "1 day.";
}
// hours
if( hours > 0 && ( mins > 0 || secs > 0 ) ) {
d = insertEndSpace( d );
d += ( hours > 1 ) ?
String( hours ) + " hours" :
"1 hour";
} else if( hours > 0 ) {
and = ( d.length > 0 ) ? " and " : "";
d += ( hours > 1 ) ?
and + String( hours ) + " hours" :
and + "1 hour.";
}
// minutes
if( mins > 0 && secs > 0 ) {
d = insertEndSpace( d );
d += ( mins > 1 ) ?
String( mins ) + " minutes" :
"1 minute";
} else if( mins > 0 ) {
and = ( d.length > 0 ) ? " and " : "";
d += ( mins > 1 ) ?
and + String( mins ) + " minutes" :
and + "1 minute.";
}
// seconds
if( secs > 0 && d.length > 0 ) {
d += ( secs > 1 ) ?
" and " + String( secs ) + " seconds." :
" and 1 second.";
} else if( secs > 0 ) {
d = insertEndSpace( d );
d += ( secs > 1 ) ?
String( secs ) + " seconds." :
"1 second.";
}
return d;
}
private static function insertEndSpace( s:String ):String {
s += ( s.length > 0 ) ? " " : "";
return s;
}
}
}
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