Pretty Time
From Hashmysql
DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS prettyTime; CREATE FUNCTION prettyTime(inTime TIME) RETURNS varchar(255) RETURN ELT( 1 + INTERVAL(TIME_TO_SEC(inTime), 60, 3600, 86400, 2678400), CONCAT(TIME_TO_SEC(inTime), ' seconds'), CONCAT(TIME_TO_SEC(inTime) / 60, ' minutes'), CONCAT(TIME_TO_SEC(inTime) / 3600, ' hours'), CONCAT(TIME_TO_SEC(inTime) / 86400, ' days'), CONCAT(TIME_TO_SEC(inTime) / 2678400, ' months') );
mysql> SELECT prettyTime('00:00:15');
+------------------------+
| prettyTime('00:00:15') |
+------------------------+
| 15 seconds |
+------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT prettyTime('00:10:15');
+------------------------+
| prettyTime('00:10:15') |
+ ------------------------+
| 10.2500 minutes |
+------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT prettyTime('20:10:15');
+------------------------+
| prettyTime('20:10:15') |
+------------------------+
| 20.1708 hours |
+------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT prettyTime('40:10:15');
+------------------------+
| prettyTime('40:10:15') |
+------------------------+
| 1.6738 days |
+------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)
mysql> SELECT prettyTime('800:10:15');
+-------------------------+
| prettyTime('800:10:15') |
+-------------------------+
| 1.0755 months |
+-------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)