--- loncom/interface/lonnavmaps.pm	2011/09/15 03:06:52	1.444.2.5
+++ loncom/interface/lonnavmaps.pm	2011/10/07 15:10:12	1.444.2.6
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # Navigate Maps Handler
 #
-# $Id: lonnavmaps.pm,v 1.444.2.5 2011/09/15 03:06:52 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: lonnavmaps.pm,v 1.444.2.6 2011/10/07 15:10:12 raeburn Exp $
 
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
@@ -808,14 +808,31 @@ sub timeToHumanString {
 
         # Less than an hour
         if ( $delta < $hour ) {
-            # If so, use minutes
+            # If so, use minutes; or minutes, seconds (if format requires)
             my $minutes = floor($delta / 60);
+            if (($format ne '') && ($format =~ /\%(T|S)/)) {
+                my $display;
+                if ($minutes == 1) {
+                    $display = "${prefix}1 minute";
+                } else {
+                    $display = "$prefix$minutes minutes";
+                }
+                my $seconds = $delta % $minute;
+                if ($seconds == 0) {
+                    $display .= $tense;
+                } elsif ($seconds == 1) {
+                    $display .= ", 1 second$tense";
+                } else {
+                    $display .= ", $seconds seconds$tense";
+                }
+                return $display;
+            }
             if ($minutes == 1) { return "${prefix}1 minute$tense"; }
             return "$prefix$minutes minutes$tense";
         }
         
         # Is it less than 24 hours away? If so,
-        # display hours + minutes
+        # display hours + minutes, (and + seconds, if format specified it)
         if ( $delta < $hour * 24) {
             my $hours = floor($delta / $hour);
             my $minutes = floor(($delta % $hour) / $minute);
@@ -830,15 +847,30 @@ sub timeToHumanString {
             if ($minutes == 0) {
                 $minuteString = "";
             }
+            if (($format ne '') && ($format =~ /\%(T|S)/)) {
+                my $display = "$prefix$hourString$minuteString";
+                my $seconds = $delta-(($hours * $hour)+($minutes * $minute));
+                if ($seconds == 0) {
+                    $display .= $tense;
+                } elsif ($seconds == 1) {
+                    $display .= ", 1 second$tense";
+                } else {
+                    $display .= ", $seconds seconds$tense";
+                }
+                return $display;
+            }
             return "$prefix$hourString$minuteString$tense";
         }
 
+        # Date/time is more than 24 hours away
+
 	my $dt = DateTime->from_epoch(epoch => $time)
 	                 ->set_time_zone(&Apache::lonlocal::gettimezone());
 
-	# If there's a caller supplied format, use it.
+	# If there's a caller supplied format, use it, unless it only displays
+        # H:M:S or H:M.
 
-	if ($format ne '') {
+        if (($format ne '') && ($format ne '%T') && ($format ne '%R')) {
 	    my $timeStr = $dt->strftime($format);
 	    return $timeStr.' ('.$dt->time_zone_short_name().')';
 	}