# level 4:Human readable duration format(2019-12-07) ###### tags: `Codewars` `python` Your task in order to complete this Kata is to write a function which formats a duration, given as a number of seconds, in a human-friendly way. The function must accept a non-negative integer. If it is zero, it just returns "now". Otherwise, the duration is expressed as a combination of years, days, hours, minutes and seconds. It is much easier to understand with an example: <pre> format_duration(62) # returns "1 minute and 2 seconds" format_duration(3662) # returns "1 hour, 1 minute and 2 seconds" </pre> For the purpose of this Kata, a year is 365 days and a day is 24 hours. Note that spaces are important. Detailed rules The resulting expression is made of components like 4 seconds, 1 year, etc. In general, a positive integer and one of the valid units of time, separated by a space. The unit of time is used in plural if the integer is greater than 1. The components are separated by a comma and a space (", "). Except the last component, which is separated by " and ", just like it would be written in English. A more significant units of time will occur before than a least significant one. Therefore, 1 second and 1 year is not correct, but 1 year and 1 second is. Different components have different unit of times. So there is not repeated units like in 5 seconds and 1 second. A component will not appear at all if its value happens to be zero. Hence, 1 minute and 0 seconds is not valid, but it should be just 1 minute. A unit of time must be used "as much as possible". It means that the function should not return 61 seconds, but 1 minute and 1 second instead. Formally, the duration specified by of a component must not be greater than any valid more significant unit of time. my code: <pre> def count(item, time): count=0 for i in time[(item + 1):]: if i != 0: count = count+1 return count def format_duration(sec): time = [0, 0, 0, 0, 0] time[4] = sec % 60 time[3] = int(sec / 60) % 60 time[2] = int(int(sec / 60) / 60) % 24 time[1] = int(int(int(sec / 60) / 60) / 24)%365 time[0] = int(int(int(int(sec /60) / 60) /24) /365) ans = '' for i in range(0,len(time)): m = '' if time[i] > 0: m = str(time[i]) if i == 0: m = m + ' year' if time[i] == 1 else m + ' years' if i == 1: m = m + ' day' if time[i] == 1 else m + ' days' if i == 2: m = m + ' hour' if time[i] == 1 else m + ' hours' if i == 3: m = m + ' minute' if time[i] == 1 else m + ' minutes' if i == 4: m = m + ' second' if time[i] == 1 else m + ' seconds' if i != 4 and time[i]>0: c = count(i, time) if c > 0: m = m + ' and 'if c==1 else m + ', ' ans = ans + m if sec == 0: return 'now' else: return ans