acts_as_recent

module Marmalade
  module ActiveRecord
    module Acts
      module Recent
 
        def self.included( klass )
          super
          klass.extend(ClassMethods)
        end     
 
        module ClassMethods
 
          def acts_as_recent( threshold = 5.days )
            class_inheritable_accessor :recent_threshold
            self.recent_threshold = threshold.is_a?( Fixnum ) ? threshold : 5.days
            send :include, Marmalade::ActiveRecord::Acts::Recent::InstanceMethods 
          end
        end
 
        module InstanceMethods
 
          def fresh?
            created_at && created_at > Time.now.utc.ago(recent_threshold)
          end
 
          def recently_updated?
            updated_at && updated_at > Time.now.utc.ago(recent_threshold)  
          end        
 
        end
 
      end
    end
  end
end
 
ActiveRecord::Base.class_eval { include Marmalade::ActiveRecord::Acts::Recent }