Plugin: Timesince
Development and Programming
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You can see the plugin in use at stevepsharpe.com in all articles and comments.
Basically what it does is show you how long ago an entry or comment was posted in english, below are various examples of what the plugin can output:
10 minutes ago 2 hours, 1 minute ago 7 days, 10 hours ago 5 months, 21 days ago 3 years, 1 month ago
To use the plugin it’s simply a case of just adding the plugin code within either an exp:weblog:entries or exp:comment:entries tag pair.
exp:weblog:entries example
{exp:timesince}
{entry_date}
{/exp:timesince}exp:comment:entries example
{exp:timesince}
{comment_date}
{/exp:timesince}
Nice work. Bookmarked, might come in handy somewhere.
Just as a note, for the weblog entries tag, you can use {relative_date} for this. =)
Oops, I didn’t even realize =]
Still this plugin will come in handy for comments.
Nice, but why not make a parameter that after for example 3 days it switch to date view. ?
Oh I like how it only goes to only two levels (hours minutes, days hours, months days etc) ! That makes it a bit tidier than {relative_date}.
great plugin! is it possible to mod the code so that it only displays the # of days since the entry date?
Take a look at the code, this should be trivial to achieve.
Is there an alternative to this plugin now? I recall seeing something else other than this one on the forums.. I like this concept, but I only want the Timesince plugin to apply only to entries within the last 24 hours and if articles are older than that, it simply displays the actual date.
If anybody would care to elaborate on how this can be achieved, or whether something out there already does this, much welcome!~
You might be able to rig up something like this (using Mark’s idea from this thread: http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/112695/#569361):
Adjust the date formats to change up your window (it’s not terribly fine grained). I have not tested this, but it should work.
{if "{current_time format="%d/%m/%y"}" == "{entry_date format="%d/%m/%y"}"}
{exp:timesince}
{entry_date}
{/exp:timesince}
{if:else}
{entry_date}
{/if}EDIT: It looks like Steve changed up his site and the plugin has gone missing. I can’t test it if I wanted to (which I sort of do now).
I’ve made a new version of this plugin (http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/129091/) and it’s available here: http://www.benoitmeunier.info/ee/plugins/timesince2/
Do not hesitate to tell me what you think!
BMeunier: Using your plugin as described: {exp:timesince}{entry_date}{/exp:timesince} puts out only the date of the entry for me and nothing else. Might wanna look into it a bit more. 1.6.7 is the version of EE that I am currently using.
@PixelGrinch: if you entry is older than one month, you only have the date. I’ve built it that way because I don’t think it’s relevant to have something like “1 year and 3 months ago…” I think after one month, it’s easier to understand with a date.