StackOverflow workflow for Alfred, derived from http://www.alfredforum.com/topic/1524-stackoverflow-workflow/. This version shows when the question was asked in human-readable format instead of just an actual date.

stackoverflow.alfredworkflow

import json, StringIO, gzip, alfred, urllib, urllib2, datetime, time

def voiteImg(votes):
  if votes < 0:
    imgStr = 'so--1.png'
  elif votes == 0:
    imgStr = 'so-0.png'
  elif votes >0 and votes <10:
    imgStr = 'so-1-1.png'
  elif votes >= 10 and votes <50:
    imgStr = 'so-10.png'
  elif votes >= 50 and votes <100:
    imgStr = 'so-50.png'
  elif votes >= 100 and votes <500:
    imgStr = 'so-100.png'
  elif votes >= 500 and votes <1000:
    imgStr = 'so-500.png'
  elif votes >= 1000:
    imgStr = 'so-1000.png'

  return imgStr

theQuery = u'{query}'
theQuery = urllib.quote_plus(theQuery)
url = 'https://api.stackexchange.com/2.1/search/advanced?order=desc&sort=votes&site=stackoverflow&q=%s' % theQuery

request = urllib2.Request(url)
request.add_header('Accept-encoding', 'gzip')
req_open = urllib2.build_opener()
conn = req_open.open(request)
req_data = conn.read()

data_stream = StringIO.StringIO(req_data)
gzip_stream = gzip.GzipFile(fileobj=data_stream)
actual_data = gzip_stream.read()

data = json.loads(actual_data)

results = []

def convertToHumanReadable(date_time):
  """
  converts a python datetime object to the
  format "X days, Y hours ago"

  @param date_time: Python datetime object

  @return:
      fancy datetime:: string
  """
  current_datetime = datetime.datetime.now()
  delta = str(current_datetime - date_time)
  if delta.find(',') > 0:
    days, hours = delta.split(',')
    days = int(days.split()[0].strip())
    hours, minutes = hours.split(':')[0:2]
  else:
    hours, minutes = delta.split(':')[0:2]
    days = 0
  days, hours, minutes = int(days), int(hours), int(minutes)
  datelets =[]
  years, months, xdays = None, None, None
  plural = lambda x: 's' if x!=1 else ''
  if days >= 365:
    years = int(days/365)
    datelets.append('%d year%s' % (years, plural(years)))
    days = days%365
  if days >= 30 and days < 365:
    months = int(days/30)
    datelets.append('%d month%s' % (months, plural(months)))
    days = days%30
  if not years and days > 0 and days < 30:
    xdays =days
    datelets.append('%d day%s' % (xdays, plural(xdays)))
  if not (months or years) and hours != 0:
    datelets.append('%d hour%s' % (hours, plural(hours)))
  if not (xdays or months or years):
    datelets.append('%d minute%s' % (minutes, plural(minutes)))
  return ', '.join(datelets) + ' ago'

for q in data['items']:
  arg = q['link']
  time = convertToHumanReadable(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(q['creation_date']))
  subtitle = "" + str(q['score']) + " votes     " + str(q['answer_count']) + " answers     "+ str(q['view_count']) + " views     Asked " + time
  img = voiteImg(q['score'])
  item = alfred.Item({'uid': 1, 'arg': arg}, q['title'], subtitle.encode('utf-8'), (img, {'type': 'png'}))
  results.append(item)

xml = alfred.xml(results)
alfred.write(xml)