varargs string ctime_elapsed( int time_elapsed, int mode ) {
int sec, min, hour, day;
string seconds, minutes, hours, days;
string *retval;
sec = time_elapsed % 60;
min = (time_elapsed / 60) % 60;
hour = (time_elapsed / (60 * 60)) % 24;
day = time_elapsed / (60 * 60 * 24);
if ( mode ) {
seconds = query_num( sec );
minutes = query_num( min );
hours = query_num( hour );
days = query_num( day );
}
else {
seconds = sec + "";
minutes = min + "";
hours = hour + "";
days = day + "";
}
retval = ({ });
if (day > 0) {
retval += ({ days + " day" });
if (day > 1) {
retval[<1] += "s";
}
}
if (hour > 0) {
retval += ({ hours + " hour" });
if (hour > 1) {
retval[<1] += "s";
}
}
if (min > 0) {
retval += ({ minutes + " minute" });
if (min > 1) {
retval[<1] += "s";
}
}
if (sec > 0) {
retval += ({ seconds + " second" });
if (sec > 1) {
retval[<1] += "s";
}
}
if (sizeof(retval) == 0) {
return "0 seconds";
}
if (sizeof(retval) == 1) {
return retval[0];
}
return implode(retval[0..<2], ", ") + " and " + retval[<1];
} /* ctime_elapsed() */
