Taw

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

Usage

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"

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'taw'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install taw

Development

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.

Contributing

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.