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Rails helper time_ago_in_words() and distance_of_time_in_words() translated into coffee script. Check out http://apidock.com/rails/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper/distance_of_time_in_words for the rails documentation.
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time_ago_in_words = (from_time, include_seconds) -> | |
include_seconds ?= false | |
App.distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, Date.now(), include_seconds) | |
distance_of_time_in_words = (from_time, to_time, include_seconds) -> | |
include_seconds ?= false | |
to_time ?= 0 | |
distance_in_minutes = Math.round(Math.abs(to_time - from_time) / 60 / 1000) | |
distance_in_seconds = Math.round(Math.abs(to_time - from_time) / 1000) | |
if 0 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 1 | |
unless include_seconds | |
if distance_in_minutes == 0 | |
return "less than 1 minute ago" | |
else | |
return "#{distance_in_minutes} minutes ago" | |
if 0 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 4 | |
"less than 5 seconds ago" | |
else if 5 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 9 | |
"less than 10 seconds ago" | |
else if 10 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 19 | |
"less than 20 seconds ago" | |
else if 20 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 39 | |
"less than half a minute ago" | |
else if 40 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 59 | |
"less than 1 minute ago" | |
else "1 minute ago" | |
else if 2 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 44 | |
"#{distance_in_minutes} minutes ago" | |
else if 45 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 89 | |
"about 1 hour ago" | |
else if 90 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 1439 | |
"about #{Math.round(distance_in_minutes/60.0)} hours ago" | |
else if 1440 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 2529 | |
"1 day ago" | |
else if 2530 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 43199 | |
"#{Math.round(distance_in_minutes/1440.0)} days ago" | |
else if 43200 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 86399 | |
"about 1 month ago" | |
else if 86400 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 525599 | |
"#{Math.round(distance_in_minutes/43200.0)} months ago" | |
else | |
distance_in_years = distance_in_minutes / 525600 | |
minute_offset_for_leap_year = (distance_in_years/4) * 1440 | |
remainder = ((distance_in_minutes - minute_offset_for_leap_year) % 525600) | |
if remainder < 131400 | |
"about #{Math.round(distance_in_years)} years ago" | |
else if remainder < 394200 | |
"over #{Math.round(distance_in_years)} years ago" | |
else | |
"almost #{Math.round(distance_in_years+1)} years ago" |
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