require "jekyll/timeago/version" module Jekyll module Timeago DAYS_PER = { :days => 1, :weeks => 7, :months => 31, :years => 365, } # Max level of detail # years > months > weeks > days # 1 year and 7 months and 2 weeks and 6 days MAX_DEPTH_LEVEL = 4 # Default level of detail # 1 month and 5 days, 3 weeks and 2 days, 2 years and 6 months DEFAULT_DEPTH_LEVEL = 2 def timeago(input, depth = DEFAULT_DEPTH_LEVEL) unless depth_allowed?(depth) raise "Invalid depth level: #{depth.inspect}" end unless input.is_a?(Date) || input.is_a?(Time) raise "Invalid input type: #{input.inspect}" end days_passed = (Date.today - Date.parse(input.to_s)).to_i time_ago_to_now(days_passed, depth) end private def time_ago_to_now(days_passed, depth) return "today" if days_passed == 0 return "yesterday" if days_passed == 1 return "tomorrow" if days_passed == -1 future = days_passed < 0 slots = build_time_ago_slots(days_passed.abs, depth) if future "in #{slots.join(' and ')}" else "#{slots.join(' and ')} ago" end end # Builds time ranges: ['1 month', '5 days'] # - days_passed: integer in absolute # - depth: level of detail # - current_slots: slots built def build_time_ago_slots(days_passed, depth, current_slots = []) return current_slots if depth == 0 || days_passed == 0 time_range = days_to_time_range(days_passed) days = DAYS_PER[time_range] num_elems = days_passed / days range_type = if num_elems == 1 time_range.to_s[0...-1] # singularize else time_range.to_s end current_slots << "#{num_elems} #{range_type}" pending_days = days_passed - (num_elems*days) build_time_ago_slots(pending_days, depth - 1, current_slots) end def days_to_time_range(days_passed) case days_passed.abs when 0...7 :days when 7...31 :weeks when 31...365 :months else :years end end def depth_allowed?(depth) (1..MAX_DEPTH_LEVEL).include?(depth) end end end Liquid::Template.register_filter(Jekyll::Timeago)