From: Daniel Waite <rabbitblue@...>
Date: 2007-12-03T06:25:41+09:00
Subject: Re: Name this method...

thefed wrote:
> On Dec 2, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Daniel Waite wrote:
> 
>>>> 75018.to_elapsed_time
>> => {:days=>0, :minutes=>50, :seconds=>18, :hours=>20}
>>>> 789010.to_elapsed_time
>> => {:days=>9, :minutes=>10, :seconds=>10, :hours=>3}
> 
> That's DEFINITELY a nice method to have around :-)

Thank you!

> Unfortunately....
> 
>> started = Time.now
>> ended = Time.now + some_time_into_the_future
>> elapsed = (ended.to_i - started.to_i).to_elapsed_time
> 
> puts ended - started
>   #=> Some Time
> 
> already works

I aware of that, but didn't want a float due to its inaccuracies. 
(Though I admit I'm still uncertain exactly HOW those inconsistencies 
manifest themselves, I know they can be wrong from time to time.) I 
suppose I could write..

(ended - started).to_i

> Don't trash your method though! It will probably come in handy one day

Thank you again! :)

I've added elapsed to Time, which piggybacks off Fixnum's implementation 
(that sounds bad... is it?)

class Fixnum

  def seconds_into_time
    elapsed_time = Hash.new
    elapsed_time[:days], remainder = self.divmod(86400)
    elapsed_time[:hours], remainder = remainder.divmod(3600)
    elapsed_time[:minutes], remainder = remainder.divmod(60)
    elapsed_time[:seconds] = remainder
    elapsed_time
  end

end

class Time

  def elapsed(time)
    (time - self).to_i.seconds_into_time
  end

end

As you can see I renamed it to #seconds_into_time. Any thoughts on that 
name?

I like the to_xxx family of methods, but...

100.to_time_breakdown
100.from_seconds_into_time_breakdown
100.to_time
100.to_elapsed_time

None of them feel right. I'm sad. =(
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