~CODE SNIPPET BY DAVID, from XIAIX.COM

Here's something I wrote about 3 years ago (2007).

I got tired of how most CircleMUD codebases displayed everything
in seconds.  Using the below function will convert your affection->duration
in seconds into the proper days/hours/minutes/seconds.

This was originally geared towards a player that had roundtime for performing
a certain action, but the math and 99% of the code below can be altered for
whatever reason you want.


To put it in use, add the following statement in any of your functions:

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if (displayRoundtime(ch) == 0)  return;
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** [displayRoundtime] function **
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int displayRoundtime(struct char_data *ch)
{
	struct affected_type *af;


	// In Roundtime?
	if ((AFF_FLAGGED(ch, AFF_ROUNDTIME)))
	{
		af = ch->affected;

		if (af->duration >= 1)
		{
			if (af->duration >= 86400) // 1 day or more?
			{
				int days;
				days = ((af->duration / 60) / 60) / 24;

				int hours, hours_2;
				hours = ((af->duration / 60) / 60) - (days * 24);
				hours_2 = ((af->duration / 60) / 60);

				int minutes;
				minutes = (af->duration / 60) - (hours_2 * 60);

				int seconds;
				seconds = af->duration - (((hours_2 * 60) * 60) + (minutes * 60));

				if (hours == 0 && minutes == 0 && seconds == 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d day%s.\r\n",
					days, days > 1 ? "s":"");
				else if (hours == 0 && minutes == 0 && seconds > 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d day%s, %d second%s.\r\n",
					days, days > 1 ? "s":"",
					seconds, seconds > 1 ? "s":"");
				else if (hours == 0 && minutes > 0 && seconds == 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d day%s, %d minute%s.\r\n",
					days, days > 1 ? "s":"",
					minutes, minutes > 1 ? "s":"");
				else if (hours == 0 && minutes > 0 && seconds > 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d day%s, %d minute%s, %d second%s.\r\n",
					days, days > 1 ? "s":"",
					minutes, minutes > 1 ? "s":"",
					seconds, seconds > 1 ? "s":"");
				else if (hours > 0 && minutes == 0 && seconds == 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d day%s, %d hour%s.\r\n",
					days, days > 1 ? "s":"",
					hours, hours > 1 ? "s":"");
				else if (hours > 0 && minutes == 0 && seconds > 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d day%s, %d hour%s, %d second%s.\r\n",
					days, days > 1 ? "s":"",
					hours, hours > 1 ? "s":"",
					seconds, seconds > 1 ? "s":"");
				else if (hours > 0 && minutes > 0 && seconds == 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d day%s, %d hour%s, %d minute%s.\r\n",
					days, days > 1 ? "s":"",
					hours, hours > 1 ? "s":"",
					minutes, minutes > 1 ? "s":"");
				else
					send_to_char("...wait %d day%s, %d hour%s, %d minute%s, %d second%s.\r\n",
					days, days > 1 ? "s":"",
					hours, hours > 1 ? "s":"",
					minutes, minutes > 1 ? "s":"",
					seconds, seconds > 1 ? "s":"");
				return (0);
			}
			else if (af->duration >= 3600 && af->duration < 86400) // 1 hour or more?
			{
				int hours;
				hours = (af->duration / 60) / 60;

				int minutes;
				minutes = (af->duration / 60) - (hours * 60);

				int seconds;
				seconds = af->duration - (((hours * 60) * 60) + (minutes * 60));

				if (minutes == 0 && seconds == 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d hour%s.\r\n",
					hours, hours > 1 ? "s":"");
				else if (minutes == 0 && seconds > 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d hour%s, %d second%s.\r\n",
					hours, hours > 1 ? "s":"",
					seconds, seconds > 1 ? "s":"");
				else if (minutes > 0 && seconds == 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d hour%s, %d minute%s.\r\n",
					hours, hours > 1 ? "s":"",
					minutes, minutes > 1 ? "s":"");
				else
					send_to_char("...wait %d hour%s, %d minute%s, %d second%s.\r\n",
					hours, hours > 1 ? "s":"",
					minutes, minutes > 1 ? "s":"",
					seconds, seconds > 1 ? "s":"");
				return (0);
			}
			else if (af->duration > 60 && af->duration < 3600) // 1 minute or more
			{
				int minutes;
				minutes = af->duration / 60;

				int seconds;
				seconds = af->duration - (minutes * 60);

				if (minutes > 1 && seconds > 1)
					send_to_char("...wait %d minutes, %d seconds.\r\n", minutes, seconds);
				else if (minutes > 1 && seconds == 1)
					send_to_char("...wait %d minutes, %d second.\r\n", minutes, seconds);
				else if (minutes > 1 && seconds == 0)
					send_to_char("...wait %d minutes.\r\n", minutes);
				else
					send_to_char("...wait %d minute, %d seconds.\r\n", minutes, seconds);
				return (0);
			}
			else
			{
				if (af->duration > 1)
					send_to_char("...wait %d seconds.\r\n", af->duration);
				else
					send_to_char("...wait 1 second.\r\n");
				return (0);
			}
			return (0);
		}
		else
		{
			return (1);
		}
	}
	return (1);
}
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