diff --git a/seconds_to_time.sh b/seconds_to_time.sh
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+++ b/seconds_to_time.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function displaytime {
+  local T=$1
+  local D=$((T/60/60/24))
+  local H=$((T/60/60%24))
+  local M=$((T/60%60))
+  local S=$((T%60))
+  [[ $D > 0 ]] && printf '%d days ' $D
+  [[ $H > 0 ]] && printf '%d hours ' $H
+  [[ $M > 0 ]] && printf '%d minutes ' $M
+  [[ $D > 0 || $H > 0 || $M > 0 ]] && printf 'and '
+  printf '%d seconds\n' $S
+}
+displaytime $1