gistfile1.txt

public function relativeDate($date)
    {
        $today = strtotime(date('M j, Y'));

        if ($date instanceof \DateTime) {
            $date = $date->getTimestamp();
        }

        $reldays = ($date - $today) / 86400;

        if ($reldays >= 0 && $reldays < 1) {
            return 'today';
        } else if ($reldays >= 1 && $reldays < 2) {
            return 'tomorrow';
        } else if ($reldays >= -1 && $reldays < 0) {
            return 'yesterday';
        }

        if (abs($reldays) < 7) {
            if ($reldays > 0) {
                $reldays = floor($reldays);

                return 'in ' . $reldays . ' day' . ($reldays != 1 ? 's' : '');
            } else {
                $reldays = abs(floor($reldays));

                return $reldays . ' day' . ($reldays != 1 ? 's' : '') . ' ago';
            }
        }

        if (abs($reldays) < 182) {
            return date('l, j F', $date ? $date : time());
        } else {
            return date('l, j F, Y', $date ? $date : time());
        }
    }