sub wdhms { my( $weeks, $days, $hours, $minutes, $seconds, $sign, $res ) = qw/0 0 0 0 0/; $seconds = shift; $sign = $seconds == abs $seconds ? '' : '-'; $seconds = abs $seconds; ($seconds, $minutes) = ($seconds % 60, int($seconds / 60)) if $seconds; ($minutes, $hours ) = ($minutes % 60, int($minutes / 60)) if $minutes; ($hours, $days ) = ($hours % 24, int($hours / 24)) if $hours; ($days, $weeks ) = ($days % 7, int($days / 7)) if $days; $res = sprintf '%ds', $seconds; $res = sprintf "%dm$res", $minutes if $minutes or $hours or $days or $weeks; $res = sprintf "%dh$res", $hours if $hours or $days or $weeks; $res = sprintf "%dd$res", $days if $days or $weeks; $res = sprintf "%dw$res", $weeks if $weeks; return "$sign$res"; }