Add less than text

README.md

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ example := time.Hour * 24 + time.Minute * 4 + time.Second * 8
 fmt.Println(human_duration.String(example, "second")) // 1 day 4 minutes 8 seconds
 fmt.Println(human_duration.String(example, "minute")) // 1 day 4 minutes
 fmt.Println(human_duration.String(example, "day"))    // 1 day
+fmt.Println(human_duration.String(example, "year"))   // less than a year
 
 day := time.Hour * 24
 year := day * 365

main.go

@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ func StringCeiling(duration time.Duration, precision, ceiling string) string {
 	return StringCeilingPadded(duration, precision, ceiling, false)
 }
 
+type chunk struct {
+	singularName string
+	amount       int64
+}
+
 func StringCeilingPadded(duration time.Duration, precision, ceiling string, padded bool) string {
 	years := int64(duration.Hours() / 24 / 365)
 	weeks := int64(math.Mod(float64(int64(duration.Hours()/24/7)), 52))
@@ -81,10 +86,7 @@ func StringCeilingPadded(duration time.Duration, precision, ceiling string, padd
 		years = 0
 	}
 
-	chunks := []struct {
-		singularName string
-		amount       int64
-	}{
+	chunks := []chunk{
 		{"year", years},
 		{"week", weeks},
 		{"day", days},
@@ -100,12 +102,20 @@ func StringCeilingPadded(duration time.Duration, precision, ceiling string, padd
 	unpaddedNumberFormat := "%d"
 	paddedNumberFormat := "%02d"
 
+	hitSomething := false
+	var targetChunk chunk
+
 	for _, chunk := range chunks {
 		if preciseEnough {
 			continue
 		}
 
+		if chunk.amount != 0 {
+			hitSomething = true
+		}
+
 		if chunk.singularName == precision || chunk.singularName+"s" == precision {
+			targetChunk = chunk
 			preciseEnough = true
 		}
 
@@ -126,6 +136,10 @@ func StringCeilingPadded(duration time.Duration, precision, ceiling string, padd
 		}
 	}
 
+	if !hitSomething {
+		return "less than a " + targetChunk.singularName
+	}
+
 	return strings.Join(parts, " ")
 }
 

main_test.go

@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ func TestString(t *testing.T) {
 			precision: "day",
 			result:    "1 day",
 		},
+		{
+			duration:  day + time.Minute*4 + time.Second*8,
+			precision: "year",
+			result:    "less than a year",
+		},
 		{
 			duration:  year*4 + day*2,
 			precision: "second",
@@ -116,6 +121,16 @@ func TestString(t *testing.T) {
 			precision: "week",
 			result:    "2 weeks",
 		},
+		{
+			duration:  day,
+			precision: "week",
+			result:    "less than a week",
+		},
+		{
+			duration:  day + time.Hour,
+			precision: "week",
+			result:    "less than a week",
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, fixture := range data {