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miklophone on 08/20/06


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  1. unit_of_time =
  2.    case num
  3.    when 0..60:           "second" 
  4.    when 0..60 * 60:      "minute" 
  5.    when 0..60 * 60 * 24: "hour" 
  6.    else                  "day" 
  7.    end
  8.  
  9. unit_of_time = case
  10.   when num < 60:           "second" 
  11.   when num < 60 * 60:      "minute" 
  12.   when num < 60 * 60 * 24: "hour" 
  13.   else                     "day" 
  14. end

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