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class Time
  # Taken from ruby on rails
  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
end

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
whistle-0.1.1	lib/time_ext.rb
whistle-0.1	lib/time_ext.rb