format_interval

Definition

format_interval($timestamp, $granularity = 2)
includes/common.inc, line 872

Description

Format a time interval with the requested granularity.

Parameters

$timestamp The length of the interval in seconds.

$granularity How many different units to display in the string.

Return value

A translated string representation of the interval.

Name	Description
Formatting	Functions to format numbers, strings, dates, etc.
Input validation	Functions to validate user input.

Code

<?php
function format_interval($timestamp, $granularity = 2) {
  $units = array('1 year|%count years' => 31536000, '1 week|%count weeks' => 604800, '1 day|%count days' => 86400, '1 hour|%count hours' => 3600, '1 min|%count min' => 60, '1 sec|%count sec' => 1);
  $output = '';
  foreach ($units as $key => $value) {
    $key = explode('|', $key);
    if ($timestamp >= $value) {
      $output .= ($output ? ' ' : '') . format_plural(floor($timestamp / $value), $key[0], $key[1]);
      $timestamp %= $value;
      $granularity--;
    }

    if ($granularity == 0) {
      break;
    }
  }
  return $output ? $output : t('0 sec');
}
?>