from datetime import timedelta SCALES = [ ('minutes', timedelta(minutes=1)), ('hours', timedelta(hours=1)), ('days', timedelta(days=1)), ('weeks', timedelta(days=7)), ('months', timedelta(days=30)), ('years', timedelta(days=365)), ] 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, getattr(self, sig_name) * value) @property def significand(self): return int(getattr(self, attrname) / getattr(self, scl_name)) @significand.setter def significand(self, value): try: value = int(value) assert value >= 0 except (ValueError, AssertionError): raise ValueError("Incorrect time interval") setattr(self, attrname, value * getattr(self, scl_name)) setattr(cls, scl_name, scale) setattr(cls, sig_name, significand) return cls return decorator