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class Time
def to_time #:nodoc:
self
end
##
# Time in words since +time+ or now.
#
# === Examples
#
# 5.seconds.ago.in_words_since_now # => less than one minute
# 5.days.ago.in_words_since_now # => 5 days
# 1.month.ago.in_words_since_now # => 1 month
# 101.years.ago.in_words_since_now # => hundreds of years
#
# "the article was published #{article.created_at.in_words_since_now} ago"
# # => the article was published 15 minutes ago
#
def in_words_since time = Time.now
return if self > time
seconds = (time - self).to_i
# TODO: abstract this out
pluralize = lambda do |type|
n = seconds.send(:"to_#{type}s")
n == 1 ? "one #{type}" : "#{n} #{type}s"
end
case seconds
when 0..59 ; 'less than one minute'
when 1.minute..59.minutes ; pluralize[:minute]
when 1.hour..23.hours ; pluralize[:hour]
when 1.day..6.days ; pluralize[:day]
when 1.week..3.weeks ; pluralize[:week]
when 1.month..11.months ; pluralize[:month]
when 1.year..99.years ; pluralize[:year]
else 'hundreds of years'
end
end
alias :in_words_since_now :in_words_since
end
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