Python function to express timedeltas verbally.

verbal_timedelta.py

def verbal_timedelta(td):
    """Expresses a Python timedelta verbally
    :param td: A Python timedelta
    :type td: timedelta
    :return: A verbal description of the time relative to now
    :rtype: str"""
    if td.days != 0:
        abs_days = abs(td.days)
        if abs_days > 7:
            abs_delta = '{} weeks'.format(td.days // 7)
        else:
            abs_delta = '{} days'.format(td.days)
    else:
        abs_minutes = abs(td.seconds) // 60
        if abs_minutes > 60:
            abs_delta = '{} hours'.format(abs_minutes // 60)
        else:
            abs_delta = '{} minutes'.format(abs_minutes)
    if td < timedelta(0):
        return '{} ago'.format(abs_delta)
    else:
        return 'in {}'.format(abs_delta)