Taw

Time Ago in Words helper for non Rails projects. No dependencies. No assumptions about your codebase. Minimalistic, ~90 SLOC.

require "taw"

Taw.time_ago_in_words(Time.now - 60 * 60 * 2) + " ago"
# => "2 hours ago"

Taw.time_ago_in_words(Time.now - 63) + " ago"
# => "1 minute and 3 seconds ago"

Taw.time_ago_in_words(Time.now - 60 * 60 * 2 - 63) + " ago"
# => "2 hours and 1 minute and 3 seconds ago"

Taw.time_ago_in_words(Time.now - 0.5) + " ago"
# => "a moment ago"

Taw.time_ago_in_words(Time.now - 60 * 60 * 26 - 63, approx: 1) + " ago"
# => "1 day ago"

Taw.time_ago_in_words(Time.now - 60 * 60 * 26 - 63, approx: 2) + " ago"
# => "1 day and 2 hours ago"

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'taw'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install taw

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

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.

Everyone interacting in the Taw project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.

MIT