Template:Human readable duration
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This template takes a duration as input, and converts it to a duration with units such that the value will be relatively small for readability. For example, 3600 seconds will be converted to 1 hour. This conversion will result in loss of precision in nearly all cases, and is meant only for situations where the exact value is unimportant: for example, 123456789 seconds will be converted to 4 years.
Usage
{{human readable duration|duration|unit}}
Parameters
This template requires two positional parameters:
|1= The amount of time to convert from, expressed in the unit given.
|2= The unit which the duration is expressed in. Must be one of second, minute, hour, day, month, or year, optionally pluralized.
Examples
{{human readable duration|10|seconds}}→ 10 seconds{{human readable duration|0.0027|hours}}→ 9.5 seconds{{human readable duration|1000|minutes}}→ 16.5 hours{{human readable duration|24|hours}}→ 1 day{{human readable duration|50|hours}}→ 50 hours{{human readable duration|100|hours}}→ 4 days{{human readable duration|66|months}}→ 5.5 years