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Created August 5, 2010 15:10
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def minutes_in_words(timestamp)
minutes = (((Time.now - timestamp).abs)/60).round
return nil if minutes < 0
case minutes
when 0..1 then "less than 1 minute"
when 1..2 then "1 minute ago"
when 2..59 then "#{minutes} minutes ago"
when 60..1440 then "#{minutes/60} hours ago"
when 1440..2880 then "1 day ago"
when 2880..11519 then "#{minutes/60/24} days ago"
else "#{timestamp.strftime("%R %p %b%e %Y")}"
end
end
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