Module: TextUtils::DateHelper

Defined in:
lib/textutils/helper/date_helper.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#time_ago_in_words(from_time) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/textutils/helper/date_helper.rb', line 7

def time_ago_in_words( from_time )
  ## note:
  #  for code/source examples
  #   check rails helper or padrino(sinatra) helper
  #    for now this is just a simplified version e.g. no i18n

  from_time = from_time.to_time
  to_time   = Time.now
  
  ### todo: will not handle future dates??
  ## what todo do??
  ## use -1..-50000000000 ??  "future"

  ## from_time, to_time = to_time, from_time if from_time > to_time

  distance_in_minutes = ((to_time - from_time)/60.0).round

  case distance_in_minutes
    when 0..1             then  "just now"
    when 2...45           then  "%d minutes ago" % distance_in_minutes
    when 45...90          then  "an hour ago"   ## use one instead of 1 ?? why? why not?
    # 90 mins up to 24 hours
    when 90...1440        then  "%d hours ago" % (distance_in_minutes.to_f / 60.0).round
    # 24 hours up to 42 hours
    when 1440...2520      then "a day ago"   ## use one day ago - why? why not?
    # 42 hours up to 30 days
    when 2520...43200     then "%d days ago" % (distance_in_minutes.to_f / 1440.0).round
    # 30 days up to 60 days
    #  fix: use pluralize for months  - fix: change when - use just for a month ago
    when 43200...86400    then "%d months ago" % (distance_in_minutes.to_f / 43200.0).round
    # 60 days up to 365 days
    when 86400...525600   then "%d months ago" % (distance_in_minutes.to_f / 43200.0).round
    ## fix - add number of years ago
    else                       "over a year ago"  #todo: use over a year ago???
                                                  # fix: split into two - use
                                                  #  1) a year ago
                                                  #  2) (x) years ago
  end
end