pretty_time_taken: Calculate elapsed time between two points and present...

In DFEAGILEDEVOPS/dfeR: Common DfE R tasks

Calculate elapsed time between two points and present prettily

Description

Converts a start and end value to a readable time format.

Usage

pretty_time_taken(start_time, end_time)

Arguments

start_time	start time readable by as.POSIXct
end_time	end time readable by as.POSIXct

Details

Designed to be used with Sys.time() when tracking start and end times.

Shows as seconds up until 119 seconds, then minutes until 119 minutes, then hours for anything larger.

Input start and end times must be convertible to POSIXct format.

Value

string containing prettified elapsed time

See Also

comma_sep() round_five_up() as.POSIXct()

Other prettying functions: pretty_filesize(), pretty_num()

Examples

pretty_time_taken(
  "2024-03-23 07:05:53 GMT",
  "2024-03-23 12:09:56 GMT"
)

# Track the start and end time of a process
start <- Sys.time()
Sys.sleep(0.1)
end <- Sys.time()

# Use this function to present it prettily
pretty_time_taken(start, end)

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