package systeminfo import ( "fmt" "strings" "time" ) // Seconds-based time units const ( Minute = 60 Hour = 60 * Minute Day = 24 * Hour Week = 7 * Day Month = 30 * Day Year = 12 * Month ) func computeTimeDiff(diff int64) (int64, string) { diffStr := "" switch { case diff <= 0: diff = 0 diffStr = "now" case diff < 2: diff = 0 diffStr = "1 second" case diff < 1*Minute: diffStr = fmt.Sprintf("%d seconds", diff) diff = 0 case diff < 2*Minute: diff -= 1 * Minute diffStr = "1 minute" case diff < 1*Hour: diffStr = fmt.Sprintf("%d minutes", diff/Minute) diff -= diff / Minute * Minute case diff < 2*Hour: diff -= 1 * Hour diffStr = "1 hour" case diff < 1*Day: diffStr = fmt.Sprintf("%d hours", diff/Hour) diff -= diff / Hour * Hour case diff < 2*Day: diff -= 1 * Day diffStr = "1 day" case diff < 1*Week: diffStr = fmt.Sprintf("%d days", diff/Day) diff -= diff / Day * Day case diff < 2*Week: diff -= 1 * Week diffStr = "1 week" case diff < 1*Month: diffStr = fmt.Sprintf("%d weeks", diff/Week) diff -= diff / Week * Week case diff < 2*Month: diff -= 1 * Month diffStr = "1 month" case diff < 1*Year: diffStr = fmt.Sprintf("%d months", diff/Month) diff -= diff / Month * Month case diff < 2*Year: diff -= 1 * Year diffStr = "1 year" default: diffStr = fmt.Sprintf("%d years", diff/Year) diff = 0 } return diff, diffStr } // TimeSincePro calculates the time interval and generate full user-friendly string. func TimeSincePro(then time.Time) string { now := time.Now() diff := now.Unix() - then.Unix() if then.After(now) { return "future" } var timeStr, diffStr string for { if diff == 0 { break } diff, diffStr = computeTimeDiff(diff) timeStr += ", " + diffStr } return strings.TrimPrefix(timeStr, ", ") }