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get relative time in js
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function relative_time(date_str) { | |
if (!date_str) {return;} | |
var parsed_date = date_str; | |
var relative_to = (arguments.length > 1) ? arguments[1] : new Date(); //defines relative to what ..default is now | |
var delta = parseInt((relative_to.getTime()-parsed_date)/1000); | |
delta=(delta<2)?2:delta; | |
var r = ''; | |
if (delta < 60) { | |
r = delta + ' seconds ago'; | |
} else if(delta < 120) { | |
r = 'a minute ago'; | |
} else if(delta < (45*60)) { | |
r = (parseInt(delta / 60, 10)).toString() + ' minutes ago'; | |
} else if(delta < (2*60*60)) { | |
r = 'an hour ago'; | |
} else if(delta < (24*60*60)) { | |
r = '' + (parseInt(delta / 3600, 10)).toString() + ' hours ago'; | |
} else if(delta < (48*60*60)) { | |
r = 'a day ago'; | |
} else { | |
r = (parseInt(delta / 86400, 10)).toString() + ' days ago'; | |
} | |
return 'about ' + r; | |
}; |
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