Class: Time

Inherits:
Object show all
Defined in:
lib/rext/time/helpers.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#in_words_since(time = Time.now) ⇒ Object Also known as: in_words_since_now

Time in words since time or now.

Examples

5.seconds.ago.in_words_since_now  # => less than one minute
5.days.ago.in_words_since_now     # => 5 days
1.month.ago.in_words_since_now    # => 1 month
101.years.ago.in_words_since_now  # => nil

"the article was published #{article.created_at.in_words_since_now || 'hundreds of years' } ago"  
# => the article was published 15 minutes ago



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# File 'lib/rext/time/helpers.rb', line 22

def in_words_since time = Time.now
  time = time.to_time
  return if self > time
  seconds = (time - self).to_i
  # TODO: abstract this out
  pluralize = lambda do |type| 
    n = seconds.send(:"to_#{type}s")
    n == 1 ? "one #{type}" : "#{n} #{type}s"
  end
  case seconds
  when 0..60                ; 'less than one minute'
  when 1.minute..60.minutes ; pluralize[:minute]
  when 1.hour..24.hours     ; pluralize[:hour]
  when 1.day..7.days        ; pluralize[:day]
  when 1.week..4.weeks      ; pluralize[:week]
  when 1.month..12.months   ; pluralize[:month]
  when 1.year..99.years     ; pluralize[:year]
  end
end

#to_time ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/rext/time/helpers.rb', line 4

def to_time #:nodoc:
  self
end