Class: Time

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/fuzzy_time.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#fuzzy ⇒ Object

Display the current time in a human-readable format.

Examples

Time.now.fuzzy
# => "half past three"

Time.local(2013, 1, 1, 5, 46).fuzzy
# => "quarter to six"


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# File 'lib/fuzzy_time.rb', line 12

def fuzzy
  # convert from 24 to 12-hour clock
  hour = self.hour % 12
  min  = self.min

  hour = hour + 1 if min >= 33

  hour = case hour
         when 1; "one"
         when 2; "two"
         when 3; "three"
         when 4; "four"
         when 5; "five"
         when 6; "six"
         when 7; "seven"
         when 8; "eight"
         when 9; "nine"
         when 10; "ten"
         when 11; "eleven"
         when 12, 0; "twelve"
         end

  return "#{hour} o'clock" if min == 0

  prefix = case min
           when 1..2; "shortly after"
           when 3..7; "five past"
           when 8..12; "ten past"
           when 13..17; "quarter past"
           when 18..22; "twenty past"
           when 23..27; "twentyfive past"
           when 28..32; "half past"
           when 33..37; "twentyfive to"
           when 38..42; "twenty to"
           when 43..47; "quarter to"
           when 48..52; "ten to"
           when 53..57; "five to"
           when 58..59; "nearly"
           end

  "#{prefix} #{hour}"
end