PreciseDistanceOfTimeInWords

This gem offers a more precise "distance_of_time_in_words"

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'precise_distance_of_time_in_words'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it standalone:

$ gem install precise_distance_of_time_in_words

This gem offers you the precise_distance_of_time_in_words(from, to)" method, that you can use anywhere (views, helpers, controllers, models, console). For exemple:

precise_distance_of_time_in_words(0, 1) # return '1 second'
precise_distance_of_time_in_words(Time.now, Time.now + 1.hour + 1.minute) # return '1 hour and 1 minute'

The default labels for 'hours', 'minutes', 'seconds' and 'and' are stored in the I18n yaml inside the gem. You can switch the value per I18n.locale for your internationalized application. Keys and the default values are the following. You can override them by adding to a YAML file in your Rails.root/config/locales directory.

  en:
    datetime:
      precise_distance_in_words:
        x_minutes:
          one: '%{count} minute'
          other: '%{count} minutes'
        x_seconds:
          one: '%{count} second'
          other: '%{count} seconds'
        x_hours:
          one: '%{count} hour'
          other: '%{count} hours'
        and: and

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new Pull Request