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Revision: 16033
at July 23, 2009 18:44 by arpit


Initial Code
private function formatDate(d:Date):String
{
	var now:Date = new Date();
	var diff:Number = (now.time - d.time) / 1000; // convert to seconds
	if (diff < 60) // just posted
	{
		return "Just posted";
	}
	else if (diff < 3600) // n minutes ago
	{
		return (Math.round(diff / 60) + " minutes ago");
	}
	else if (diff < 86400) // n hours ago
	{
		return (Math.round(diff / 3600) + " hours ago");
	}
	else // n days ago
	{
		return (Math.round(diff / 86400) + " days ago");
	}
}

Initial URL
http://blogs.adobe.com/cantrell/archives/2009/06/actionscript-fu.html

Initial Description


Initial Title
ActionScript function for turning a date into a time interval

Initial Tags
date

Initial Language
ActionScript 3