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authorCasey Link <unnamedrambler@gmail.com>2008-06-30 19:44:05 -0400
committerCasey Link <unnamedrambler@gmail.com>2008-07-03 11:54:54 -0400
commitf8a309583294eb069e698243c2456f06c81a63ac (patch)
tree025562e65153ea5f6cf87395b83758f092add103 /lib/rbot
parent499d0966b64336036d9e9e78413e0b1cd78f4aa4 (diff)
utils.rb: added timeago and distance_of_time_in_words functions
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diff --git a/lib/rbot/core/utils/utils.rb b/lib/rbot/core/utils/utils.rb
index b180a62a..084f92a5 100644
--- a/lib/rbot/core/utils/utils.rb
+++ b/lib/rbot/core/utils/utils.rb
@@ -236,6 +236,49 @@ module ::Irc
end
end
+ # Returns human readable time.
+ # Like: 5 days ago
+ # about one hour ago
+ # options
+ # :start_date, sets the time to measure against, defaults to now
+ # :date_format, used with <tt>to_formatted_s<tt>, default to :default
+ def Utils.timeago(time, options = {})
+ start_date = options.delete(:start_date) || Time.new
+ date_format = options.delete(:date_format) || :default
+ delta_minutes = (start_date.to_i - time.to_i).floor / 60
+ if delta_minutes.abs <= (8724*60) # eight weeks? I'm lazy to count days for longer than that
+ distance = Utils.distance_of_time_in_words(delta_minutes);
+ if delta_minutes < 0
+ _("%{d} from now") % {:d => distance}
+ else
+ _("%{d} ago") % {:d => distance}
+ end
+ else
+ return _("on %{date}") % {:date => system_date.to_formatted_s(date_format)}
+ end
+ end
+ # Translates a number of minutes into verbal distances.
+ # e.g. 0.5 => less than a minute
+ # 70 => about one hour
+ def Utils.distance_of_time_in_words(minutes)
+ case
+ when minutes < 1
+ _("less than a minute")
+ when minutes < 50
+ _("%{m} minutes") % {:m => minutes}
+ when minutes < 90
+ _("about one hour")
+ when minutes < 1080
+ _("%{m} hours") % {:m => (minutes / 60).round}
+ when minutes < 1440
+ _("one day")
+ when minutes < 2880
+ _("about one day")
+ else
+ _("%{m} days") % {:m => (minutes / 1440).round}
+ end
+ end
+
# Execute an external program, returning a String obtained by redirecting
# the program's standards errors and output