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//############################### //Usage: var myRelativeTime:String = timestampToRelative("Sun Oct 24 20:07:33 +0000 2010"); //returns a string //############################### function timestampToRelative(timestamp:String):String { //--Parse the timestamp as a Date object--\\ var pastDate:Date = new Date(timestamp); //--Get the current data in the same format--\\ var currentDate:Date = new Date(); //--seconds inbetween the current date and the past date--\\ var secondDiff:Number = (currentDate.getTime() - pastDate.getTime())/1000; //--Return the relative equavalent time--\\ switch (true) { case secondDiff < 60 : return int(secondDiff) + ' seconds ago'; break; case secondDiff < 120 : return 'About a minute ago'; break; case secondDiff < 3600 : return int(secondDiff / 60) + ' minutes ago'; break; case secondDiff < 7200 : return 'About an hour ago'; break; case secondDiff < 86400 : return 'About ' + int(secondDiff / 3600) + ' hours ago'; break; case secondDiff < 172800 : return 'Yesterday'; break; default : return int(secondDiff / 86400) + ' days ago'; break; } }
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at November 2, 2010 13:12 by CreativeAddiction
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//############################### //Usage: timestampToRelative("Sun Oct 24 20:07:33 +0000 2010"); //returns a string //############################### function timestampToRelative(timestamp:String):String { //--Parse the timestamp as a Date object--\\ var pastDate:Date = new Date(timestamp); //--Get the current data in the same format--\\ var currentDate:Date = new Date(); //--seconds inbetween the current date and the past date--\\ var secondDiff:Number = (currentDate.getTime() - pastDate.getTime())/1000; //--Return the relative equavalent time--\\ switch (true) { case secondDiff < 60 : return int(secondDiff) + ' seconds ago'; break; case secondDiff < 120 : return 'About a minute ago'; break; case secondDiff < 3600 : return int(secondDiff / 60) + ' minutes ago'; break; case secondDiff < 7200 : return 'About an hour ago'; break; case secondDiff < 86400 : return 'About ' + int(secondDiff / 3600) + ' hours ago'; break; case secondDiff < 172800 : return 'Yesterday'; break; default : return int(secondDiff / 86400) + ' days ago'; break; } }
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Whilst building an AS3 twitter widget i developed this code to change the timestamp formatted like this: Sun Oct 24 20:07:33 +0000 2010 to something much more usable such as '43 minutes ago' or 'about 4 days ago'
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Relative Time from Timestamp
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ActionScript 3