Module: Rails::Timeago::Helper

Defined in:
lib/rails-timeago/helper.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#timeago_tag(time, html_options = {}) ⇒ Object

Create a time tag usable for jQuery timeago plugin.

timeago_tag Time.zone.now
=> "<time datetime="2012-03-10T12:07:07+01:00" title="Sat, 10 Mar 2012 12:07:07 +0100" data-time-ago="2012-03-10T12:07:07+01:00">2012-03-10</time>"

Available options:

:nojs

Add time ago in words as time tag content instead of absolute time. (default: false)

:date_only

Only print date as tag content instead of full time. (default: true)

:format

A time format for localize method used to format static time. (default: :default)

:limit

Set a limit for time ago tags. All dates before given limit will not be converted. (default: 4.days.ago)

:force

Force time ago tag ignoring limit option. (default: false)

:default

String that will be returned if time is nil. (default: ‘-’)

All other options will be given as options to tag helper.



36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
 
# File 'lib/rails-timeago/helper.rb', line 36

def timeago_tag(time, html_options = {})
  time_options = Rails::Timeago.default_options

  time_options = time_options.merge html_options.extract!(*time_options.keys.select{|k| html_options.include?(k)})
  html_options.merge! :title => I18n.l(time, :format => time_options[:format])

  return time_options[:default] if time.nil?

  time_options[:limit] = time_options[:limit].call if time_options[:limit].is_a?(Proc)

  if time_options[:force] or time_options[:limit].nil? or time_options[:limit] < time
    html_options.merge!('data-time-ago' => time.iso8601)
  end
  time_tag time, timeago_tag_content(time, time_options), html_options
end

#timeago_tag_content(time, time_options = {}) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



52
53
54
55
56
57
 
# File 'lib/rails-timeago/helper.rb', line 52

def timeago_tag_content(time, time_options = {}) # :nodoc:
  time = time.to_date            if time_options[:date_only]
  return time_ago_in_words(time) if time_options[:nojs]

  I18n.l time, :format => time_options[:format]
end