Seconds to human readable text.

secs_to_human

#!/usr/bin/env python

def sec_to_human(secs):
    secs = end_time - start_time
    units = dict({
        7*24*3600: "week",
        24*3600: "day",
        3600: "hour",
        60: "minute",
        1: "second"
    })
    if secs <= 0:
        return "0 seconds"
    elif secs <= 1:
        return str(secs)+" seconds"
    s = list()
    for divisor, name in sorted(units.items(), reverse=True):
        quot = int(secs / divisor)
        if quot:
            if abs(quot) > 1:
                s.append("%s %ss" % (quot, name))
            else:
                s.append("%s %s" % (quot, name))
            secs -= quot * divisor
    return " ".join(s)