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November 9, 2010 03:16
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function relative_time(time_value) { | |
var values = time_value.split(" "); | |
time_value = values[1] + " " + values[2] + ", " + values[5] + " " + values[3]; | |
var parsed_date = Date.parse(time_value); | |
var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date(); | |
var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime() - parsed_date) / 1000); | |
delta = delta + (relative_to.getTimezoneOffset() * 60); | |
if (delta < 60) { | |
return 'less than a minute ago'; | |
} else if(delta < 120) { | |
return 'about a minute ago'; | |
} else if(delta < (60*60)) { | |
return (parseInt(delta / 60)).toString() + ' minutes ago'; | |
} else if(delta < (120*60)) { | |
return 'about an hour ago'; | |
} else if(delta < (24*60*60)) { | |
return 'about ' + (parseInt(delta / 3600)).toString() + ' hours ago'; | |
} else if(delta < (48*60*60)) { | |
return '1 day ago'; | |
} else { | |
return (parseInt(delta / 86400)).toString() + ' days ago'; | |
} | |
} |
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