You, too, are computing 60*60*24*365 -- you are simply hiding the computation in the routine. One could argue that, for an implementation like this, simply doing the multiplication once and coding the integers directly is a cleaner, faster route. Or not :)

Anyway, in my continuing crusade as champion for the lovely % I would like to point out that 

 
            $left= int( $left / $_ );
            $unit -= $left * $_;

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could be "better" written as 
            $left= int( $left / $_ );
            $unit %= $_;

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Toss in a 
            use integer;

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(in the subroutine BLOCK) and you can drop the call to int() as well - but be careful with this since this makes calls to % platform dependent (usually only an issue with negative numbers, not a problem here).

In reply to RE: (tye)Re: Converting Seconds to Nice Format by snax
in thread Converting Seconds to Nice Format by Segfault

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