TimeAgo

A gem that integrates timeago.js in to a Rails application and provides a simple way to render relative timestamps in a view.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'jquery-timeago'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install jquery-timeago

Add the following to app/assets/javascripts/application.js :

//= require jquery-timeago

Tags using the timeago view helper get rendered to UI as:

<time class="timeago" datetime="2016-01-08T14:55:58Z">
    2016-01-08 14:55:58 UTC
</time>

and are updated to:

<time class="timeago" datetime="2016-01-08T15:04:10Z" title="2016-01-08 15:04:10 UTC">
    20 days ago
</time>

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/roshan92/jquery-timeago. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.