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Calculates correct ago times for cached html pages
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(function() { | |
var DateHelper = { | |
// Takes the format of "Jan 15, 2007 15:45:00 GMT" | |
// and converts it to a relative time | |
get_ago_time: function(fromDate) { | |
var from = new Date(); | |
from.setTime(Date.parse(fromDate)); | |
var to = new Date(); | |
var distance_in_seconds = ((to - from) / 1000); | |
var distance_in_minutes = Math.floor(distance_in_seconds / 60); | |
if (distance_in_minutes === 0) { return 'less than a minute ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes == 1) { return 'a minute ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes < 45) { return distance_in_minutes + ' minutes ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes < 90) { return 'about 1 hour ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes < 1440) { return 'about ' + Math.floor(distance_in_minutes / 60) + ' hours ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes < 2880) { return '1 day ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes < 43200) { return Math.floor(distance_in_minutes / 1440) + ' days ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes < 86400) { return 'about 1 month ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes < 525960) { return Math.floor(distance_in_minutes / 43200) + ' months ago'; } | |
if (distance_in_minutes < 1051199) { return 'about 1 year ago'; } | |
return 'over ' + Math.floor(distance_in_minutes / 525960) + ' years ago'; | |
} | |
}; | |
var times = document.getElementsByTagName('relative-time'); | |
for (i = 0; i < times.length; i++) { | |
times[i].innerText = DateHelper.get_ago_time(times[i].getAttribute('datetime')); | |
} | |
})(); |
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