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Postgres time_ago_in_words(date) function
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CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION time_ago_in_words(timestamp with time zone) | |
RETURNS text | |
LANGUAGE SQL | |
AS $$ | |
SELECT CASE | |
WHEN date_part('year', age(current_timestamp, $1)) = 1 THEN concat(date_part('year', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' year ago') | |
WHEN date_part('year', age(current_timestamp, $1)) > 1 THEN concat(date_part('year', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' years ago') | |
WHEN date_part('month', age(current_timestamp, $1)) = 1 THEN concat(date_part('month', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' month ago') | |
WHEN date_part('month', age(current_timestamp, $1)) > 1 THEN concat(date_part('month', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' months ago') | |
WHEN date_part('day', age(current_timestamp, $1)) = 1 THEN concat(date_part('day', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' day ago') | |
WHEN date_part('day', age(current_timestamp, $1)) > 1 THEN concat(date_part('day', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' days ago') | |
WHEN date_part('hour', age(current_timestamp, $1)) = 1 THEN concat(date_part('hour', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' hour ago') | |
WHEN date_part('hour', age(current_timestamp, $1)) > 1 THEN concat(date_part('hour', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' hours ago') | |
WHEN date_part('minute', age(current_timestamp, $1)) <= 1 THEN concat(date_part('minute', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' minute ago') | |
WHEN date_part('minute', age(current_timestamp, $1)) > 1 THEN concat(date_part('minute', age(current_timestamp, $1)), ' minutes ago') | |
END; | |
$$; |
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