$humanizeMS

Converts milliseconds into a human-readable duration string. This function is useful for displaying elapsed time or time remaining in a user-friendly format.

Usage

$humanizeMS[milliseconds; limit (optional); separator (optional)]

• milliseconds: The number of milliseconds to convert. This is a required argument.
• limit (optional): The maximum number of units to display (e.g., if the limit is 2, it might show "2 years, 3 months" and omit days, hours, etc.). Defaults to showing all units if not specified. Must be a number.
• separator (optional): The separator to use between the units (e.g., ", ", " and ", etc.). Defaults to ", " (comma and space) if not specified.

Example:

!!exec $humanizeMS[$timeStamp;4;,]

52 years,5 months,26 days,and 10 hours

Explanation:

In this example:

• $timeStamp (assumed to be a pre-existing variable) holds the number of milliseconds representing a specific point in time.
• 4 is the limit; only the top 4 units (years, months, days, and hours) will be displayed.
• , is used as the separator.

Another Example (without limit or separator):

!!exec $humanizeMS[86400000]

1 day

Another Example (with a different separator):

!!exec $humanizeMS[31536000000;2; and ]

1 year and 0 months

Function Difficulty: Easy

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