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Since I couldn't find it anywhere, here is a JavaScript version of time_since().

In case you have no clue about all this, Time Since is the time since a certain date, nicely put in a human readable string. Check out the demo !

Using Time Since is very easy, first you create a new date: var myBirthday = new Date(2003, 10, 24, 6, 30); Then, you get the time since this date: alert(myBirthday.toTimeSinceString())

As you can see toTimeSinceString() is an instance method of Date. It takes three optional arguments: date.toTimeSinceString(number nLimit, string sBetween, string sLastBetween)

nLimit

limit the shown time units (year, month etc). default = 2

sBetween

string between two time units. default = ", "

sLastBetween

string between the second-last and last time unit. default = " and "

You can download the script by following the next link: this one!

Comments

1. Karl Bedingfield wrote:

   Hi there.

   Great script but I seem to be a having a problem with the dates.

   I wanted to show my age so I followed your example with my DOB:

   But the date is out by a month. It prints ‘It’s been 40 years and 8 months since my date of birth!’

   Any ideas what might be causing this?

   Thanks
   Karl

   February 9, 2004 @ 10:48 am. Type: Comment. Permalink.

2. Karl Bedingfield wrote:

   Sorry I forgot the code tags:

   


   February 9, 2004 @ 10:49 am. Type: Comment. Permalink.

3. Mark wrote:

   Hi Karl,

   this behaviour is because the TimeSince method doesn’t round values. The default is to show the date two “levels” deep. After the 40 years and 8 months there are 3 weeks and 4 days left. These aren’t rounded up, thus it shows 8 months.

   I’m not sure if TimeSince is supposed to do the rounding, though. What do you think?

   February 9, 2004 @ 8:14 pm. Type: Comment. Permalink.

4. Karl Bedingfield wrote:

   Hi Mark,

   Ah you have a point there.
   I think you are correct when you say it should not be rounded up for older dates.

   Thanks
   Karl

   February 11, 2004 @ 4:16 pm. Type: Comment. Permalink.

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