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Rails helper time_ago_in_words() and distance_of_time_in_words() translated into JavaScript
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var distance_of_time_in_words, time_ago_in_words; | |
time_ago_in_words = function(from_time, include_seconds) { | |
if (include_seconds != null) { | |
include_seconds; | |
} else { | |
include_seconds = false; | |
}; | |
return App.distance_of_time_in_words(from_time, Date.now(), include_seconds); | |
}; | |
distance_of_time_in_words = function(from_time, to_time, include_seconds) { | |
var distance_in_minutes, distance_in_seconds, distance_in_years, minute_offset_for_leap_year, remainder; | |
if (include_seconds != null) { | |
include_seconds; | |
} else { | |
include_seconds = false; | |
}; | |
if (to_time != null) { | |
to_time; | |
} else { | |
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) { | |
if (!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) { | |
return "less than 5 seconds ago"; | |
} else if (5 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 9) { | |
return "less than 10 seconds ago"; | |
} else if (10 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 19) { | |
return "less than 20 seconds ago"; | |
} else if (20 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 39) { | |
return "less than half a minute ago"; | |
} else if (40 <= distance_in_seconds && distance_in_seconds <= 59) { | |
return "less than 1 minute ago"; | |
} else { | |
return "1 minute ago"; | |
} | |
} else if (2 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 44) { | |
return "" + distance_in_minutes + " minutes ago"; | |
} else if (45 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 89) { | |
return "about 1 hour ago"; | |
} else if (90 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 1439) { | |
return "about " + (Math.round(distance_in_minutes / 60.0)) + " hours ago"; | |
} else if (1440 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 2529) { | |
return "1 day ago"; | |
} else if (2530 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 43199) { | |
return "" + (Math.round(distance_in_minutes / 1440.0)) + " days ago"; | |
} else if (43200 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 86399) { | |
return "about 1 month ago"; | |
} else if (86400 <= distance_in_minutes && distance_in_minutes <= 525599) { | |
return "" + (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) { | |
return "about " + (Math.round(distance_in_years)) + " years ago"; | |
} else if (remainder < 394200) { | |
return "over " + (Math.round(distance_in_years)) + " years ago"; | |
} else { | |
return "almost " + (Math.round(distance_in_years + 1)) + " years ago"; | |
} | |
} | |
}; |
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