/* * Time Ago (for jQuery) version: 0.1 (07/18/2008) * @requires jQuery v1.2 or later * * 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"). * * For usage and examples, visit: * http://timeago.yarp.com/ * * Licensed under the MIT: * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php * * Copyright (c) 2008, Ryan McGeary (ryanonjavascript -[at]- mcgeary [*dot*] org) */ (function($) { $.timeago = function(timestamp) { // TODO: should take a Date, ISO8601, or element[title=iso8601] // return words if date or iso8601; convert and return element if element alert("jQuery.timeago helper not implemented yet"); }; $.extend($.timeago, { settings: { refreshSeconds: 60 }, inWords: function(distanceMillis) { var seconds = distanceMillis / 1000; var minutes = seconds / 60; var hours = minutes / 60; var days = hours / 24; var years = days / 365; var words = seconds < 45 && "less than a minute" || seconds < 90 && "about 1 minute" || minutes < 45 && Math.round(minutes) + " minutes" || minutes < 90 && "about 1 hour" || hours < 24 && Math.round(hours) + " hours" || hours < 48 && "about 1 day" || days < 30 && Math.floor(days) + " days" || days < 60 && "about 1 month" || days < 365 && Math.floor(days / 30) + " months" || years < 2 && "about 1 year" || Math.floor(years) + " years"; return words + " ago"; }, parse: function(iso8601) { var s = iso8601.replace(/^\s+/, '').replace(/\s+$/, ''); s = s.replace(/-/,"/").replace(/-/,"/"); s = s.replace(/T/," ").replace(/Z/," UTC"); s = s.replace(/([\+-]\d\d)\:?(\d\d)/," $1$2"); // -04:00 -> -0400 return new Date(s); } }); $.fn.timeago = function() { var self = this; self.each(refresh); var $s = $.timeago.settings; if ($s.refreshSeconds > 0) { setInterval(function() { self.each(refresh); }, ($s.refreshSeconds * 1000)); } }; function refresh() { var date = $.timeago.parse(this.title); $(this).text($.timeago.inWords(distance(date))); } function distance(date) { return (new Date().getTime() - date.getTime()); } })(jQuery);