server/AyaNova/util/DateUtil.cs

@@ -122,6 +122,38 @@ namespace AyaNova.Util
         }
 
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// returns passed in timespan to human readable format
+        /// as short as possible using passed in time span translations
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <returns></returns>
+        public static string FormatTimeSpan(TimeSpan timeSpan, string dayz = "days", string hourz = "hours", string minutez = "minutes", string secondz = "seconds")
+        {
+            if (timeSpan == TimeSpan.Zero)
+                return "";
+
+            var components = new List<Tuple<int, string>>
+        {
+            Tuple.Create((int) timeSpan.TotalDays, dayz),
+            Tuple.Create(timeSpan.Hours, hourz),
+            Tuple.Create(timeSpan.Minutes, minutez),
+            Tuple.Create(timeSpan.Seconds, secondz),
+        };
+
+            components.RemoveAll(i => i.Item1 == 0);
+            System.Text.StringBuilder sb = new System.Text.StringBuilder();
+            foreach (var t in components)
+            {
+                sb.Append(t.Item1);
+                sb.Append(" ");
+                sb.Append(t.Item2);
+                sb.Append(" ");
+            }
+
+            return sb.ToString().Trim();
+        }
+
+
     }//eoc
 
 }//eons