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Asked: June 2, 20262026-06-02T18:53:57+00:00 2026-06-02T18:53:57+00:00

With Rails, how do I write the time out, like this: 2 days 12

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With Rails, how do I write the time out, like this:

2 days 12 hours 5 minutes and 14 seconds

I feel like there’s a Date helper that does it, but digging around the docs hasn’t surfaced anything.

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    2026-06-02T18:53:59+00:00Added an answer on June 2, 2026 at 6:53 pm

    humantime is one option, but Rails already has time_ago_in_words and distance_of_time_in_words.

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