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Created December 9, 2010 23:24
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Calculates seconds to more english friendly time periods (1 hour, 2 days, etc.)
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timeperiod_to_seconds.rb
def calculate_seconds(period)
if period.match(/(\d+).+?(second|minute|hour|day|week|month|year)s?/)
$1.to_i.send($2)
end
end
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