Refactor SecToTime() function (#18863)

- Add helper method to reduce redundancy
- Expand the scope from displaying days to years
- Reduce irrelevance by not displaying small units (hours, minutes, seconds) when bigger ones apply (years)

models/issue_tracked_time_test.go

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func TestAddTime(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, int64(3661), tt.Time)
 
 	comment := unittest.AssertExistsAndLoadBean(t, &Comment{Type: CommentTypeAddTimeManual, PosterID: 3, IssueID: 1}).(*Comment)
-	assert.Equal(t, comment.Content, "1h 1m 1s")
+	assert.Equal(t, comment.Content, "1 hour 1 minute")
 }
 
 func TestGetTrackedTimes(t *testing.T) {
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ func TestTotalTimes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, total, 1)
 	for user, time := range total {
 		assert.Equal(t, int64(1), user.ID)
-		assert.Equal(t, "6m 40s", time)
+		assert.Equal(t, "6 minutes 40 seconds", time)
 	}
 
 	total, err = TotalTimes(&FindTrackedTimesOptions{IssueID: 2})
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ func TestTotalTimes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, total, 2)
 	for user, time := range total {
 		if user.ID == 2 {
-			assert.Equal(t, "1h 1m 2s", time)
+			assert.Equal(t, "1 hour 1 minute", time)
 		} else if user.ID == 1 {
-			assert.Equal(t, "20s", time)
+			assert.Equal(t, "20 seconds", time)
 		} else {
 			assert.Error(t, assert.AnError)
 		}
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func TestTotalTimes(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Len(t, total, 1)
 	for user, time := range total {
 		assert.Equal(t, int64(2), user.ID)
-		assert.Equal(t, "1s", time)
+		assert.Equal(t, "1 second", time)
 	}
 
 	total, err = TotalTimes(&FindTrackedTimesOptions{IssueID: 4})

modules/util/sec_to_time.go

@@ -4,40 +4,64 @@
 
 package util
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
 
-// SecToTime converts an amount of seconds to a human-readable string (example: 66s -> 1min 6s)
+// SecToTime converts an amount of seconds to a human-readable string. E.g.
+// 66s			-> 1 minute 6 seconds
+// 52410s		-> 14 hours 33 minutes
+// 563418		-> 6 days 12 hours
+// 1563418		-> 2 weeks 4 days
+// 3937125s     -> 1 month 2 weeks
+// 45677465s	-> 1 year 6 months
 func SecToTime(duration int64) string {
+	formattedTime := ""
+	years := duration / (3600 * 24 * 7 * 4 * 12)
+	months := (duration / (3600 * 24 * 30)) % 12
+	weeks := (duration / (3600 * 24 * 7)) % 4
+	days := (duration / (3600 * 24)) % 7
+	hours := (duration / 3600) % 24
+	minutes := (duration / 60) % 60
 	seconds := duration % 60
-	minutes := (duration / (60)) % 60
-	hours := duration / (60 * 60) % 24
-	days := duration / (60 * 60) / 24
 
-	var formattedTime string
+	// Extract only the relevant information of the time
+	// If the time is greater than a year, it makes no sense to display seconds.
+	switch {
+	case years > 0:
+		formattedTime = formatTime(years, "year", formattedTime)
+		formattedTime = formatTime(months, "month", formattedTime)
+	case months > 0:
+		formattedTime = formatTime(months, "month", formattedTime)
+		formattedTime = formatTime(weeks, "week", formattedTime)
+	case weeks > 0:
+		formattedTime = formatTime(weeks, "week", formattedTime)
+		formattedTime = formatTime(days, "day", formattedTime)
+	case days > 0:
+		formattedTime = formatTime(days, "day", formattedTime)
+		formattedTime = formatTime(hours, "hour", formattedTime)
+	case hours > 0:
+		formattedTime = formatTime(hours, "hour", formattedTime)
+		formattedTime = formatTime(minutes, "minute", formattedTime)
+	default:
+		formattedTime = formatTime(minutes, "minute", formattedTime)
+		formattedTime = formatTime(seconds, "second", formattedTime)
+	}
 
-	if days > 0 {
+	// The formatTime() function always appends a space at the end. This will be trimmed
-		formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%dd", days)
+	return strings.TrimRight(formattedTime, " ")
-	}
+}
-	if hours > 0 {
+
-		if formattedTime == "" {
+// formatTime appends the given value to the existing forammattedTime. E.g:
-			formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%dh", hours)
+// formattedTime = "1 year"
-		} else {
+// input: value = 3, name = "month"
-			formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%s %dh", formattedTime, hours)
+// output will be "1 year 3 months "
-		}
+func formatTime(value int64, name, formattedTime string) string {
-	}
+	if value == 1 {
-	if minutes > 0 {
+		formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%s1 %s ", formattedTime, name)
-		if formattedTime == "" {
+	} else if value > 1 {
-			formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%dm", minutes)
+		formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%s%d %ss ", formattedTime, value, name)
-		} else {
-			formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%s %dm", formattedTime, minutes)
-		}
-	}
-	if seconds > 0 {
-		if formattedTime == "" {
-			formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%ds", seconds)
-		} else {
-			formattedTime = fmt.Sprintf("%s %ds", formattedTime, seconds)
-		}
 	}
 
 	return formattedTime

modules/util/sec_to_time_test.go

@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestSecToTime(t *testing.T) {
-	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(10), "10s")
+	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(66), "1 minute 6 seconds")
-	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(100), "1m 40s")
+	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(52410), "14 hours 33 minutes")
-	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(1000), "16m 40s")
+	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(563418), "6 days 12 hours")
-	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(10000), "2h 46m 40s")
+	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(1563418), "2 weeks 4 days")
-	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(100000), "1d 3h 46m 40s")
+	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(3937125), "1 month 2 weeks")
-	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(1000000), "11d 13h 46m 40s")
+	assert.Equal(t, SecToTime(45677465), "1 year 5 months")
 }