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| /** Returns a simple relative time string | |
| * @example | |
| * nicetime(new Date()-1e4) == 'Just now' // within the last minute | |
| * nicetime(Date.now()-1e6) == '16m' // within the last hour | |
| * nicetime(Date.now()-1e7) == '2h' // within the last hour | |
| * nicetime('Dec 31, 2014') == '4d' // within the last 7 days | |
| * nicetime('Dec 25, 2014') == 'Dec 25' // over 7 days ago gives a simple date | |
| * nicetime('July 4, 2014') == 'Jul 4, 2014' // over half a year ago adds the year | |
| */ | |
| function nicetime(text) { | |
| var now = new Date(), | |
| date = new Date(text), | |
| diff = (now.getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000; | |
| if (diff <= 60) { | |
| text = 'Just now'; | |
| } | |
| else if ( (diff /= 60) < 60 ) { | |
| text = (diff|0) + 'm'; | |
| } | |
| else if ( (diff /= 60) < 24 ) { | |
| text = (diff|0) + 'h'; | |
| } | |
| else if ( (diff /= 24) < 7 ) { | |
| text = (diff|0) + 'd'; | |
| } | |
| else { | |
| text = String(date).split(' ')[1] + ' ' + date.getDate(); | |
| if (diff>182 && now.getYear()!==date.getYear()) { | |
| text += ', ' + date.getFullYear(); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| return text; | |
| } |
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