diff --git a/src/duration_to_string.rs b/src/duration_to_string.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c0ac2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/duration_to_string.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+pub fn duration_to_string(to_convert: Duration) -> String {
+    let mut total_seconds = to_convert.as_secs() as u32;
+    let mut working_string = String::new();
+
+    if total_seconds > 86400 {
+        // days
+        let num_days = (total_seconds / SECONDS_IN_DAY) as u32;
+        working_string = format!("{} days", num_days);
+        total_seconds = total_seconds - (num_days * SECONDS_IN_DAY);
+    }
+
+    if total_seconds > 3600 {
+        // hours
+        let num_hours = (total_seconds / SECONDS_IN_HOUR) as u32;
+        if num_hours > 0 {
+            working_string = format!("{} {} hours", working_string, num_hours);
+            total_seconds = total_seconds - (num_hours * SECONDS_IN_HOUR);
+        }
+    }
+    if total_seconds > 60 {
+        let num_minutes = (total_seconds / SECONDS_IN_MINUTE) as u32;
+        if num_minutes > 0 {
+            working_string = format!("{} {} minutes", working_string, num_minutes);
+            total_seconds = total_seconds - (num_minutes * SECONDS_IN_MINUTE);
+        }
+        // minutes
+    }
+
+
+    working_string = format!("{} {} seconds", working_string, total_seconds);
+
+    working_string
+}
+
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2ae9027..b955d31 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 pub mod number_system_conversion;
 pub mod test_compression;
 pub mod data_to_text;
+pub mod duration_to_string;