Strange `humanize` intervals
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Description
## Issue Description
It seems that the intervals being used for the various thresholds for `humanize` are a bit strange. For example, on one of my websites, I have a list of upcoming events with both the calendar date and a `humanize`d description. As of today, January 9 2026, there are two events, one on January 24 which appears as "in two weeks" and one on January 25 which appears as "in a month."
15 days (the 24th) is indeed about two weeks away, but 16 days (the 25th) is certainly not a month away - if anything it's also closest to around two weeks away. It isn't even closer to three weeks than two, less alone a month.
## System Info
- 🖥 **OS name and version**: Linux (Ubuntu 24.04 LTS if that matters)
- 🐍 **Python version**: 3.12.3
- 🏹 **Arrow version**: 1.4.0
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Research direction
Start at the humanize entry point and inspect the interval-threshold behavior; search the existing humanize tests for boundary cases around 15–16 days. Reproduce the January 24/25 example on Python 3.12.3, then add or adjust a regression test so nearby dates produce an appropriate, consistent interval.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100