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+"""
+Convert gametime
+
+Contrib - Griatch 2017
+
+This is the game-dependent part of the evennia.utils.gametime module
+that used to be settable from the settings file. Since this was just
+a bunch of conversion routines, it is now moved to a contrib since it
+is highly unlikely its use is of general game use. The utils.gametime
+module deals in seconds, and you can use this contrib to convert
+that to fit the calendar of your game.
+
+Usage:
+    Import and use as-is or copy this module to mygame/world and
+    modify it to your needs there.
+
+"""
+
+# change these to fit your game world
+
+from django.conf import settings
+
+# The game time speedup  / slowdown relative real time
+TIMEFACTOR = settings.TIME_FACTOR
+
+# Game-time units, in real-life seconds. These are supplied as a
+# convenient measure for determining the current in-game time, e.g.
+# when defining in-game events. The words month, week and year can  be
+# used to mean whatever units of time are used in your game.
+
+MIN = 60          # seconds per minute
+HOUR = MIN * 60   # minutes per hour
+DAY = HOUR * 24   # hours per day
+WEEK = DAY * 7    # days per week
+MONTH = WEEK * 4  # weeks per month
+YEAR = MONTH * 12 # months per year
+
+
+def time_to_tuple(seconds, *divisors):
+    """
+    Helper function. Creates a tuple of even dividends given a range
+    of divisors.
+
+    Args:
+        seconds (int): Number of seconds to format
+        *divisors (int): a sequence of numbers of integer dividends. The
+            number of seconds will be integer-divided by the first number in
+            this sequence, the remainder will be divided with the second and
+            so on.
+    Returns:
+        time (tuple): This tuple has length len(*args)+1, with the
+            last element being the last remaining seconds not evenly
+            divided by the supplied dividends.
+
+    """
+    results = []
+    seconds = int(seconds)
+    for divisor in divisors:
+        results.append(seconds // divisor)
+        seconds %= divisor
+    results.append(seconds)
+    return tuple(results)
+
+
+def gametime_to_realtime(secs=0, mins=0, hrs=0, days=0,
+                         weeks=0, months=0, yrs=0, format=False):
+    """
+    This method helps to figure out the real-world time it will take until an
+    in-game time has passed. E.g. if an event should take place a month later
+    in-game, you will be able to find the number of real-world seconds this
+    corresponds to (hint: Interval events deal with real life seconds).
+
+    Kwargs:
+        times (int): The various components of the time.
+        format (bool): Formatting the output.
+
+    Returns:
+        time (float or tuple): The realtime difference or the same
+            time split up into time units.
+
+    Example:
+         gametime_to_realtime(days=2) -> number of seconds in real life from
+                        now after which 2 in-game days will have passed.
+
+    """
+    rtime = (secs + mins * MIN + hrs * HOUR + days * DAY + weeks * WEEK + \
+                months * MONTH + yrs * YEAR) / TIMEFACTOR
+    if format:
+        return time_to_tuple(rtime, 31536000, 2628000, 604800, 86400, 3600, 60)
+    return rtime
+
+
+def realtime_to_gametime(secs=0, mins=0, hrs=0, days=0,
+                         weeks=0, months=0, yrs=0, format=False):
+    """
+    This method calculates how much in-game time a real-world time
+    interval would correspond to. This is usually a lot less
+    interesting than the other way around.
+
+    Kwargs:
+        times (int): The various components of the time.
+        format (bool): Formatting the output.
+
+    Returns:
+        time (float or tuple): The gametime difference or the same
+            time split up into time units.
+
+     Example:
+      realtime_to_gametime(days=2) -> number of game-world seconds
+                                      corresponding to 2 real days.
+
+    """
+    gtime = TIMEFACTOR * (secs + mins * 60 + hrs * 3600 + days * 86400 +
+                             weeks * 604800 + months * 2628000 + yrs * 31536000)
+    if format:
+        return time_to_tuple(gtime, YEAR, MONTH, WEEK, DAY, HOUR, MIN)
+    return gtime
+