sub human_list {
   my $last = pop;
   return @_ ? join(', ', @_) . " and $last" : $last;
}


my @units = (
   [qw( day    days    )],
   [qw( hour   hours   )],
   [qw( minute minutes )],
   [qw( second seconds )],
);

my @units_plural = map $_->[1], @units;

sub format_duration {
   my ($dur) = @_;

   my %parts;
   @parts{@units_plural} = $dur->in_units(@units_plural);

   my @parts;
   for (@units) {
      my ($singular, $plural) = @$_;
      if ($parts{$plural} == 1) {
         push @parts, "1 $singular";
      } elsif ($parts{$plural} >= 1) {
         push @parts, "$parts{$plural} $plural";
      }
   }

   return @parts ? 'in ' . human_list(@parts) : 'now';
}