convert seconds into day:hour:minute:seconds

[manjh]

Before I start doing this in separate calculations, is there a simple function?

I have a numeric value (uptime in seconds), which I would like to convert into a presentation that is more human-friendly.... such as for example "2 days, 5 hours, 10 minutes, 5 seconds".

Is there a clever function for this?

[ben53252642]

You would have found many answers just by searching the forum...

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-- Device Last Updates
t1 = os.time()
    devices = {
        "Living Room Left Blind",
        "Main Bedroom Entrance Motion",
        "Hours in Bed",
        "Main Hallway Motion",
        "Living Room Motion",
        "Office Entrance Motion",
        "Main Bedroom",
        "Bedroom ZRC90 Curtain Button",
        "Bedroom ZRC90 Blind Button",
        "Bedroom ZRC90 Cat Button",
        "Bedroom ZRC90 Radio Button",
        "Bedroom ZRC90 Combo Button",
        "Main Bedroom Blinds",
        "Main Bedroom Curtains"
        }
    for i = 1, #devices do
    s = otherdevices_lastupdate[devices[i]]
    year = string.sub(s, 1, 4)
    month = string.sub(s, 6, 7)
    day = string.sub(s, 9, 10)
    hour = string.sub(s, 12, 13)
    minutes = string.sub(s, 15, 16)
    seconds = string.sub(s, 18, 19)
    t2 = os.time{year=year, month=month, day=day, hour=hour, min=minutes, sec=seconds}
    str = (devices[i] .. "LastUpdate")
    str = str:gsub("%s+", "")
    str = string.gsub(str, "%s+", "")
    _G[str] = (os.difftime (t1, t2))
    end

commandArray = {}
If / control statements go here
return commandArray

Edit as needed

[waaren]

And another example (also one of the first hits on Google)

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local function SecondsToClock(seconds)
  local days = math.floor(seconds / 86400)
  seconds = seconds - days * 86400
  local hours = math.floor(seconds / 3600 )
  seconds = seconds - hours * 3600
  local minutes = math.floor(seconds / 60) 
  seconds = seconds - minutes * 60
  
  return string.format("%d days, %d hours, %d minutes, %d seconds.",days,hours,minutes,seconds)
end

[manjh]

Ah, I'll try that. Thanks.
As for searches: the results are depending on the search arguments. I guess I just used the wrong words...