diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 22bba38a..6f3e5e0f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ pretty = true
 
 [[tool.mypy.overrides]]
 module = [
-    "cleo._utils",
     "cleo.ui.table",
 ]
 ignore_errors = true
diff --git a/src/cleo/_utils.py b/src/cleo/_utils.py
index b6835f41..e0960996 100644
--- a/src/cleo/_utils.py
+++ b/src/cleo/_utils.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 import math
 
+from dataclasses import dataclass
 from html.parser import HTMLParser
-from typing import Any
 
 from rapidfuzz.distance import Levenshtein
 
@@ -13,22 +13,22 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
         super().__init__(convert_charrefs=False)
 
         self.reset()
-        self.fed = []
+        self.fed: list[str] = []
 
-    def handle_data(self, d) -> None:
+    def handle_data(self, d: str) -> None:
         self.fed.append(d)
 
-    def handle_entityref(self, name) -> None:
+    def handle_entityref(self, name: str) -> None:
         self.fed.append(f"&{name};")
 
-    def handle_charref(self, name) -> None:
+    def handle_charref(self, name: str) -> None:
         self.fed.append(f"&#{name};")
 
     def get_data(self) -> str:
         return "".join(self.fed)
 
 
-def _strip(value) -> str:
+def _strip(value: str) -> str:
     s = TagStripper()
     s.feed(value)
     s.close()
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ def _strip(value) -> str:
     return s.get_data()
 
 
-def strip_tags(value: Any) -> str:
-    value = str(value)
+def strip_tags(value: str) -> str:
     while "<" in value and ">" in value:
         new_value = _strip(value)
         if value.count("<") == new_value.count("<"):
@@ -72,30 +71,37 @@ def find_similar_names(name: str, names: list[str]) -> list[str]:
     distance_by_name = {
         k: v for k, v in distance_by_name.items() if v[0] < 2 * threshold
     }
-
     # Display results with shortest distance first
-    return sorted(distance_by_name, key=distance_by_name.get)
-
-
-_TIME_FORMATS = [
-    (0, "< 1 sec"),
-    (2, "1 sec"),
-    (59, "secs", 1),
-    (60, "1 min"),
-    (3600, "mins", 60),
-    (5400, "1 hr"),
-    (86400, "hrs", 3600),
-    (129600, "1 day"),
-    (604800, "days", 86400),
+    return sorted(distance_by_name, key=lambda x: distance_by_name[x])
+
+
+@dataclass
+class TimeFormat:
+    threshold: int
+    alias: str
+    divisor: int | None = None
+
+    def apply(self, secs: float) -> str:
+        if self.divisor:
+            return f"{math.ceil(secs / self.divisor)} {self.alias}"
+        return self.alias
+
+
+_TIME_FORMATS: list[TimeFormat] = [
+    TimeFormat(1, "< 1 sec"),
+    TimeFormat(2, "1 sec"),
+    TimeFormat(60, "secs", 1),
+    TimeFormat(61, "1 min"),
+    TimeFormat(3600, "mins", 60),
+    TimeFormat(5401, "1 hr"),
+    TimeFormat(86400, "hrs", 3600),
+    TimeFormat(129601, "1 day"),
+    TimeFormat(604801, "days", 86400),
 ]
 
 
 def format_time(secs: float) -> str:
-    for fmt in _TIME_FORMATS:
-        if secs > fmt[0]:
-            continue
-
-        if len(fmt) == 2:
-            return fmt[1]
-
-        return f"{math.ceil(secs / fmt[2])} {fmt[1]}"
+    format = next(
+        (fmt for fmt in _TIME_FORMATS if secs < fmt.threshold), _TIME_FORMATS[-1]
+    )
+    return format.apply(secs)
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index 85030773..999e0d6e 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -3,6 +3,27 @@
 import pytest
 
 from cleo._utils import find_similar_names
+from cleo._utils import format_time
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["input_secs", "expected"],
+    [
+        (0.1, "< 1 sec"),
+        (1.0, "1 sec"),
+        (2.0, "2 secs"),
+        (59.0, "59 secs"),
+        (60.0, "1 min"),
+        (120.0, "2 mins"),
+        (3600.0, "1 hr"),
+        (7200.0, "2 hrs"),
+        (129600.0, "1 day"),
+        (129601.0, "2 days"),
+        (700000.0, "9 days"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_format_time(input_secs: float, expected: str) -> None:
+    assert format_time(input_secs) == expected
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(