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Created July 26, 2011 17:15
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Twitter like relatvie time stamps (2 seconds ago, 2 minutes ago, etc) *** requires time_diff gem
#requires time_diff gem
def time_ago(time)
parsed_time = Time.parse(time)
time_diff = Time.diff(parsed_time, Time.now)
formated_time = ""
if time_diff[:day] > 0 || time_diff[:month] > 0 || time_diff[:year] > 0
formated_time += "#{parsed_time.day}" if time_diff[:day] > 0
formated_time += " #{parsed_time.strftime("%b")}" if time_diff[:month] > 0
formated_time += " #{parsed_time.strftime("%y")}" if time_diff[:year] > 0
else
formated_time = pluralize(time_diff[:hour], "hour") if time_diff[:hour] > 0
formated_time += " " + pluralize(time_diff[:minute], "minute") if time_diff[:minute] > 0 && time_diff[:hour] == 0
formated_time += " " + pluralize(time_diff[:second], "second") if time_diff[:second] > 0 && time_diff[:minute] == 0 && time_diff[:hour] == 0
formated_time += " ago"
end
formated_time
end
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