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ActionScript function for turning a date into a time interval
While working on a small Twitter utility, I wrote a function to turn a date into a time interval string. For instance, rather than formatting the date, it returns strings like "Just posted," "6 minutes ago," "4 hours ago," or "20 days ago". It's not a complex function, but I thought I'd post it here in case it might save someone a few minutes of coding. The less time we spend writing code someone else has already written, the more time we can spend innovating.
While working on a small Twitter utility, I wrote a function to turn a date into a time interval string. For instance, rather than formatting the date, it returns strings like "Just posted," "6 minutes ago," "4 hours ago," or "20 days ago". It's not a complex function, but I thought I'd post it here in case it might save someone a few minutes of coding. The less time we spend writing code someone else has already written, the more time we can spend innovating.
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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"); } }
URL: http://weblogs.macromedia.com/cantrell/archives/2009/06/actionscript_fu.html