How to parse days/hours/minutes/seconds in ruby?

Question

Is there a gem or something to parse strings like \"4h 30m\" \"1d 4h\" -- sort of like the estimates in JIRA or task planners, maybe, with internationalization?

Answer 1

You can use chronic. It can parse pretty much everything you trhow at it, including "yesterday", "last week" etc.

Update: As the OP points out in the comment, Chronic is for dates, not timespans. See my other answer.