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App.utility.prettyTime = function(){
  //The *1000 here is because python UTC is different in seconds compared to JS UTC in milliseconds
	//The this here is normally the function that calls this, but watch out what calls this function

	function plural_time(n, period) {
		if (n < 2) {
			return "1 " + period + " ago";
		}
		else {
			return n + " " + period + "s ago";
		}   
	}

	diff = (((new Date()).getTime() - this.get('created')*1000) / 1000);
	day_diff = Math.floor(diff / 86400);
				
	if ( isNaN(day_diff) || day_diff < 0 || day_diff >= 365 )
		return 'some time ago';
					
	return day_diff === 0 && (
		diff < 60 && "just now" ||
		diff < 120 && "1 minute ago" ||
		diff < 3600 && plural_time(Math.floor( diff / 60 ),"minute") ||
		diff < 7200 && "1 hour ago" ||
		diff < 86400 && plural_time(Math.floor( diff / 3600 ),"hour")) ||
		day_diff == 1 && "Yesterday" ||
		day_diff < 7 && plural_time(day_diff,"day") ||
		day_diff < 31 && plural_time(Math.ceil( day_diff / 7 ),"week") ||
		day_diff < 365 && plural_time(Math.ceil( day_diff / 31 ),"month");
		
};