ToHuman()

No explanation in the source yet: to human

Basic examples (2)

Softanza

oDuration = new stzDuration("2 hours 30 minutes")
? oDuration.ToHuman()
oDuration = new stzDuration([
	:Days = 1,
	:Hours = 3,
	:Minutes = 45,
	:Seconds = 30
])
? oDuration.ToCompact()
oDur = DurationQ("1 hour 15 minutes")
? oDur.TotalMinutes()

Output

2 hours and 30 minutes
1d 3h 45m 30s
75

run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 02_creation_duration_from_natural_language_string.ring(opens in a new tab)

Softanza

? @@NL($aDurationPatterns) + NL
o1 = new stzDuration("365 days 23 hours 59 minutes 59 seconds")
? o1.ToHuman()
o1 = new stzDuration("7 days")
? o1.ToHuman() + NL
o1 = new stzDuration("8 days")
? o1.ToHuman()
$aDurationPatterns + [90, 0, 0, 0, "1 quarter"]
$aDurationPatterns + [1, 0, 0, 0, "1 business day"]
o1 = new stzDuration("90 days")
? o1.ToHuman()
? StzDurationQ("1 day").ToHuman()

Output

[
	[
		365,
		23,
		59,
		59,
		"1 year"
	],
	[
		183,
		23,
		59,
		59,
		"6 months"
	],
	[
		30,
		23,
		59,
		59,
		"1 month"
	],
	[
		7,
		0,
		0,
		0,
		"1 week"
	],
	[
		14,
		0,
		0,
		0,
		"2 weeks"
	]
]

1 year
1 week

8 days
1 quarter
1 business day

run on 2026-10-02 04:22 inside the library at commit 0e72e2e2c; taken from 16_adding_more_patterns_to_tohuman.ring(opens in a new tab)

The extensions of this method

Each extension, and whether it exists for this method; an extension that exists combines with the others (FindSTCS).

Extension

Exists

What it adds · The names

does what the method does, then returns the object, so the call can be chained

chains on the next, more specific type of object (the Q ladder)

QQQ

chains on the most specific type of object (the Q ladder)

QRT

returns the result as an object of the requested type

takes a case-sensitivity flag

takes the position to start from (StartingAt)

takes bounds that are included (IncludingBounds)

the extended form: more parameters than the base method

XTT

yet another extension: a further extended form, after XT

includes the position in what it returns

returns positions as sections, [start, end]

selects by a condition

selects by a condition, with the expressive keywords (@NextItem, @PreviousItem...)

takes a direction, forward or backward (Directional)

takes a function (the condition or the update is given as a function); the forms document also uses F for the future form, which defers the action

Many

works on a collection of items instead of one (the plural form)

Except

takes exceptions, what to leave out (the exceptional form)

returns the result without duplication

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ToHuman()

Basic examples (2)

The extensions of this method

See also