Module: Timeago

Defined in:

lib/time_ago.rb

Class Method Summary

• .in_words(time) ⇒ Object
• .since(time) ⇒ Object

Class Method Details

.in_words(time) ⇒ Object

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

def self.in_words(time)
  minutes = (((Time.now - time).abs)/60).round
  return nil if minutes < 0

  case minutes
    when 0..1            then 'less than a minute'
    when 2..4            then 'less than 5 minutes'
    when 5..14           then 'less than 15 minutes'
    when 15..29          then "half an hour"
    when 30..59          then "#{minutes} minutes"
    when 60..119         then '1 hour'
    when 120..239        then '2 hours'
    when 240..479        then '4 hours'
    when 480..719        then '8 hours'
    when 720..1439       then '12 hours'
    when 1440..11519     then "#{(minutes/1440).floor} days"
    when 11520..43199    then "#{(minutes/11520).floor} weeks"
    when 43200..525599   then "#{(minutes/43200).floor} months"
    else                      "#{(minutes/525600).floor} years"
  end
end

.since(time) ⇒ Object

# File 'lib/time_ago.rb', line 25

def self.since(time)
  if str = in_words(time)
    "#{str} ago"
  end
end