Class: Time

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
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Defined in:
lib/time_ext.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#distance_in_words_since(from_time, include_seconds = true) ⇒ Object

Taken from ruby on rails



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# File 'lib/time_ext.rb', line 3

def distance_in_words_since(from_time, include_seconds = true)
    distance_in_minutes = (((self - from_time).abs)/60).round
    distance_in_seconds = ((self - from_time).abs).round

    case distance_in_minutes
      when 0..1
        return (distance_in_minutes == 0) ? 'less than a minute' : '1 minute' unless include_seconds
        case distance_in_seconds
          when 0..4   then 'less than 5 seconds'
          when 5..9   then 'less than 10 seconds'
          when 10..19 then 'less than 20 seconds'
          when 20..39 then 'half a minute'
          when 40..59 then 'less than a minute'
          else             '1 minute'
        end

      when 2..44           then "#{distance_in_minutes} minutes"
      when 45..89          then 'about 1 hour'
      when 90..1439        then "about #{(distance_in_minutes.to_f / 60.0).round} hours"
      when 1440..2879      then '1 day'
      when 2880..43199     then "#{(distance_in_minutes / 1440).round} days"
      when 43200..86399    then 'about 1 month'
      when 86400..525959   then "#{(distance_in_minutes / 43200).round} months"
      when 525960..1051919 then 'about 1 year'
      else                      "over #{(distance_in_minutes / 525960).round} years"
    end
end