pretty_time: Pretty time

In dfeR: Common Department for Education Analysis Tasks

Pretty time

Description

Convert seconds into a human readable format

Usage

pretty_time(seconds)

Arguments

seconds

number of seconds to prettify

Details

Recognises when to present as:

• seconds

• minutes and seconds

• hours, minutes and seconds

It will show seconds until 119 seconds, then minutes until 119 minutes, then hours. It doesn't do days or higher yet, but could be adapted to do so if there's demand.

Value

string containing the 'pretty' time

See Also

comma_sep() round_five_up() as.POSIXct()

Other prettying: pretty_filesize(), pretty_num(), pretty_num_table(), pretty_time_taken()

Examples

pretty_time(1)
pretty_time(8)
pretty_time(888)
pretty_time(88888888)
pretty_time(c(60, 2, 88, 88888888))

dfeR documentation built on Sept. 24, 2026, 1:07 a.m.