forget-cancellare-vecchi-toot/lib/interval.py

from datetime import timedelta, datetime
from statistics import mean

SCALES = [
    ('minutes', timedelta(minutes=1)),
    ('hours', timedelta(hours=1)),
    ('days', timedelta(days=1)),
    ('weeks', timedelta(days=7)),
    ('months', timedelta(days=
    # you, a fool: a month is 30 days
    # me, wise:
        mean((31,
            mean((29 if year % 400 == 0
                        or (year % 100 != 0 and year % 4 == 0)
                    else 28
                    for year in range(400)))
            ,31,30,31,30,31,31,30,31,30,31))
        )),
    ('years', timedelta(days=
    # you, a fool: ok. a year is 365.25 days. happy?
    # me, wise: absolutely not
        mean((366 if year % 400 == 0
                or (year % 100 != 0 and year % 4 == 0)
            else 365
            for year in range(400)))
        )),
]

def decompose_interval(attrname):
    scales = [scale[1] for scale in SCALES]
    scales.reverse()

    def decorator(cls):
        scl_name = '{}_scale'.format(attrname)
        sig_name = '{}_significand'.format(attrname)

        @property
        def scale(self):

            if getattr(self, attrname) == timedelta(0):
                return timedelta(minutes=1)

            for m in scales:
                if getattr(self, attrname) % m == timedelta(0):
                    return m

            return timedelta(minutes=1)

        @scale.setter
        def scale(self, value):
            if(type(value) != timedelta):
                value = timedelta(seconds=float(value))
            setattr(self, attrname, max(1, getattr(self, sig_name)) * value)

        @property
        def significand(self):
            return int(getattr(self, attrname) / getattr(self, scl_name))

        @significand.setter
        def significand(self, value):
            if type(value) == str and value.strip() == '':
                value = 0

            try:
                value = int(value)
                if not value >= 0:
                    raise ValueError(value)
            except ValueError as e:
                raise ValueError("Incorrect time interval", e)
            setattr(self, attrname, value * getattr(self, scl_name))


        setattr(cls, scl_name, scale)
        setattr(cls, sig_name, significand)

        return cls

    return decorator

def relative(interval):
    # special cases
    if interval > timedelta(seconds=-15) and interval < timedelta(0):
        return "just now"
    elif interval > timedelta(0) and interval < timedelta(seconds=15):
        return "in a few seconds"
    else:
        output = None
        for name, scale in reversed(SCALES):
            if abs(interval) > scale:
                value = abs(interval) // scale
                output = '{} {}'.format(value, name)
                if value == 1:
                    output = output[:-1]
                break
        if not output:
            output = '{} seconds'.format(abs(interval).seconds)
        if interval > timedelta(0):
            return 'in {}'.format(output)
        else:
            return '{} ago'.format(output)

def relnow(time):
    return relative(time - datetime.now())