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To pretty print time spent in javascript
function getTimeDiffAndPrettyText(oDatePublished) {
var oResult = {};
var oToday = new Date();
var nDiff = oToday.getTime() - oDatePublished.getTime();
// Get diff in days
oResult.days = Math.floor(nDiff / 1000 / 60 / 60 / 24);
nDiff -= oResult.days * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
// Get diff in hours
oResult.hours = Math.floor(nDiff / 1000 / 60 / 60);
nDiff -= oResult.hours * 1000 * 60 * 60;
// Get diff in minutes
oResult.minutes = Math.floor(nDiff / 1000 / 60);
nDiff -= oResult.minutes * 1000 * 60;
// Get diff in seconds
oResult.seconds = Math.floor(nDiff / 1000);
// Render the diffs into friendly duration string
// Days
var sDays = '00';
if (oResult.days > 0) {
sDays = String(oResult.days);
}
if (sDays.length === 1) {
sDays = '0' + sDays;
}
// Format Hours
var sHour = '00';
if (oResult.hours > 0) {
sHour = String(oResult.hours);
}
if (sHour.length === 1) {
sHour = '0' + sHour;
}
// Format Minutes
var sMins = '00';
if (oResult.minutes > 0) {
sMins = String(oResult.minutes);
}
if (sMins.length === 1) {
sMins = '0' + sMins;
}
// Format Seconds
var sSecs = '00';
if (oResult.seconds > 0) {
sSecs = String(oResult.seconds);
}
if (sSecs.length === 1) {
sSecs = '0' + sSecs;
}
// Set Duration
var sDuration = sDays + ':' + sHour + ':' + sMins + ':' + sSecs;
oResult.duration = sDuration;
// Set friendly text for printing
if(oResult.days === 0) {
if(oResult.hours === 0) {
if(oResult.minutes === 0) {
var sSecHolder = oResult.seconds > 1 ? 'Seconds' : 'Second';
oResult.friendlyNiceText = oResult.seconds + ' ' + sSecHolder + ' ago';
} else {
var sMinutesHolder = oResult.minutes > 1 ? 'Minutes' : 'Minute';
oResult.friendlyNiceText = oResult.minutes + ' ' + sMinutesHolder + ' ago';
}
} else {
var sHourHolder = oResult.hours > 1 ? 'Hours' : 'Hour';
oResult.friendlyNiceText = oResult.hours + ' ' + sHourHolder + ' ago';
}
} else {
var sDayHolder = oResult.days > 1 ? 'Days' : 'Day';
oResult.friendlyNiceText = oResult.days + ' ' + sDayHolder + ' ago';
}
return oResult;
}
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parth-choudhary commented May 23, 2018

used it on hiration

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