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A django template tag display time in a more intutive format e.g. Just now, 2 hours ago, 3 weeks ago etc. Makes use of the default timesince filter in django.
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from datetime import timedelta | |
from django import template | |
from django.utils import timezone | |
from django.utils.timesince import timesince | |
register = template.Library() | |
@register.filter(name='cool_timesince', is_safe=False) | |
def cool_timesince(val, now=1): | |
""" | |
Converts the time into a more human readable format. | |
It makes uses of django's {timesince} template and removes the extra information from it. | |
Returns: | |
str: time in a more human readable format. | |
Params: | |
val: a datetime object | |
now: int | |
a constraint in ***minutes*** that decides for upto what values 'Just now' will be returned. | |
""" | |
if not val: | |
return '' | |
current_time = timezone.now() | |
try: | |
diff = current_time - val | |
except (ValueError, TypeError): | |
return val | |
if diff <= timedelta(minutes=now): | |
return 'Just now' | |
return f'{timesince(val).split(", ")[0]} ago' |
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