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< title > timeago: a jQuery plugin< / title >
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< script src = "jquery.timeago.js" type = "text/javascript" > < / script >
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< script src = "test.js" type = "text/javascript" > < / script >
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< script type = "text/javascript" >
jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
$('abbr[class*=timeago]').timeago();
});
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< h1 > < img src = "clock.png" / > timeago< / h1 >
< h2 > a jQuery plugin< / h2 >
< h3 > What?< / h3 >
< p >
Timeago is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically updating fuzzy
timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago" or "about 1 day ago"). < a href = "jquery.timeago.js" > Download< / a > , view
the examples, and enjoy.
< / p >
< p class = "example" >
You opened this page < abbr class = "loaded timeago" > sometime before now < span class = "help" > (turn on javascript, loser)< / span > < / abbr > . < span class = "help" > (This will update every minute. Wait for it.)< / span >
< / p >
< p class = "example" >
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This page was last modified < abbr class = "modified timeago" > sometime before now [browser might not support document.lastModified]< / abbr > .
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< / p >
< p class = "example" >
Ryan was born < abbr class = "timeago" title = "1978-12-18T17:17:00Z" > Dec 18, 1978< / abbr > .
< / p >
< h3 > How?< / h3 >
< p class = "how" >
First, load < a href = "http://jquery.com/" > jQuery< / a > and the plugin:
< / p >
< pre >
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< script src=" jquery.min.js" type=" text/javascript" > < /script>
< script src=" jquery.timeago.js" type=" text/javascript" > < /script> < / pre >
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< p class = "how" >
Now, let's attach it to your timestamps on DOM ready:
< / p >
< pre >
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jQuery(document).ready(function() {
jQuery('abbr[class*=timeago]').timeago();
});< / pre >
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< p class = "how" >
This will turn all < tt > abbr< / tt > elements with a class
of < tt > timeago< / tt > and an < a href = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601" > ISO 8601< / a > timestamp in the title:
< / p >
< pre >
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< abbr class=" < em > timeago< / em > " title=" < em > 2008-07-17T09:24:17Z< / em > " > July 17, 2008< /abbr> < / pre >
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< p class = "how" >
into something like this:
< / p >
< pre >
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< abbr class=" timeago" title=" 2008-07-17T09:24:17Z" > < em > < abbr class = "timeago" title = "2008-07-17T09:24:17Z" > time ago< / abbr > < / em > < /abbr> < / pre >
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< p >
which yields: < abbr class = "timeago" title = "2008-07-17T09:24:17Z" > July 17, 2008< / abbr > . As time passes, the timestamps will automatically update.
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< / p >
< h3 > Why?< / h3 >
< p > Timeago was originally built for use with < a href = "http://yarp.com" > Yarp.com< / a > (coming soon) to timestamp comments.< / p >
< ul >
< li > Because timeago can refresh automatically, you won't have timestamps dated "1 minute ago" even though the page was opened 10 minutes ago.< / li >
< li > Because the fuzzy timestamps aren't calculated on the server, you can take full advantage of page caching in your web applications.< / li >
< li > You get to use < a href = "http://microformats.org/" > microformats< / a > like the cool kids.< / li >
< / ul >
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< h3 > Where?< / h3 >
< p > < a href = "jquery.timeago.js" > Download the " stable" release< / a > .< / p >
< p >
The code is hosted on
GitHub: < a href = "http://github.com/rmm5t/timeago" > http://github.com/rmm5t/timeago< / a > .
Go on, live on the edge.
< / p >
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< h3 > Who?< / h3 >
< p >
Timeago was built by < a href = "http://ryan.mcgeary.org" > Ryan McGeary< / a >
while standing on the shoulders of giants. John Resig wrote about
a < a href = "http://ejohn.org/blog/javascript-pretty-date/" > similar
approach< / a > . The verbiage was based on
the < tt > distance_of_time_in_words< / tt > ActionView helper
in < a href = "http://rubyonrails.org" > Ruby on Rails< / a > .
< / p >
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< h3 > When?< / h3 >
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< p >
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Timeago was conceived < abbr class = "timeago" title = "2008-07-17T02:30:00-0500" > on July 17, 2008< / abbr > . < span class = "help" > (Yup, that's powered by timeago too)< / span >
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< / p >
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< h3 > Huh?< / h3 >
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< p class = "last" >
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Need a Rails helper to make those fancy microformat < tt > abbr< / tt > tags? Fine, here ya go:
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< / p >
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< pre >
def timeago(time, options = {})
options[:class] ||= "timeago"
content_tag(:abbr, time.to_s, options.merge(:title => time.getutc.iso8601)) if time
end< / pre >
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< a href = "http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php" > MIT
License< / a >
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Copyright © 2008 < a href = "http://ryan.mcgeary.org" > Ryan McGeary< / a >
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