Class: Time

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

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#time_ago_in_words ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/tit.rb', line 43

def time_ago_in_words
  t = Time.now
  secs = t - self
  minutes = secs / 60
  hours = minutes / 60
  days = hours / 24
  if hours <= 12  # show a fuzzy time
    if hours > 2
      "#{hours.to_i} hours ago"
    elsif hours > 1
      "about an hour ago"
    elsif minutes > 2
      "#{minutes.to_i} minutes ago"
    elsif minutes > 1
      "about a minute ago"
    else
      "just now"
    end
  elsif days <= 15  # show time ago in days, with time if it was yesterday or today
    if t.day == day
      "today at #{strftime("%X")}"
    elsif t.day - day == 1
      "yesterday at #{strftime("%X")}"
    else
      "#{days.to_i} days ago"
    end
  else  # time in months or years
    months = t.month - month + (t.year - year) * 12
    if months <= 6
      if months == 1
        "last month"
      elsif t.year == year
        "this #{strftime("%B")}"
      else
        "last #{strftime("%B")}"
      end
    else
      if t.year - year == 1
        "last year"
      else
        "#{t.year - year} years ago"
      end
    end
  end
end