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# timeago: a jQuery plugin
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Timeago is a jQuery plugin that makes it easy to support automatically updating
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fuzzy timestamps (e.g. "4 minutes ago" or "about 1 day ago") from ISO 8601
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formatted dates and times embedded in your HTML (à la microformats).
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## Usage
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First, load jQuery and the plugin:
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```html
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<script src="jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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<script src="jquery.timeago.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
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```
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Now, let's attach it to your timestamps on DOM ready - put this in the head section:
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```html
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<script type="text/javascript">
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jQuery(document).ready(function() {
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$("abbr.timeago").timeago();
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});
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</script>
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```
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This will turn all abbr elements with a class of timeago and an ISO 8601
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timestamp in the title (conforming to the
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[datetime design pattern microformat](http://microformats.org/wiki/datetime-design-pattern)):
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```html
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<abbr class="timeago" title="2011-12-17T09:24:17Z">December 17, 2011</abbr>
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```
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into something like this:
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```html
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<abbr class="timeago" title="December 17, 2011">about 1 day ago</abbr>
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```
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HTML5 `<time>` elements are also supported:
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```html
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<time class="timeago" datetime="2011-12-17T09:24:17Z">December 17, 2011</time>
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```
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As time passes, the timestamps will automatically update.
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**For more usage and examples**: [http://timeago.yarp.com/](http://timeago.yarp.com/)
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**For different language configurations**: visit the [`locales`](https://github.com/rmm5t/jquery-timeago/tree/master/locales) directory.
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## Author
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[Ryan McGeary](http://ryan.mcgeary.org) ([@rmm5t](http://twitter.com/rmm5t))
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## Other
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[MIT License](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php)
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Copyright (c) 2008-2012, Ryan McGeary (ryan -[at]- mcgeary [*dot*] org)
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