https://github.com/wscherphof/lua-timeago

Turn a timestamp into a friendly string of how long ago it was
https://github.com/wscherphof/lua-timeago

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Turn a timestamp into a friendly string of how long ago it was

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/wscherphof/lua-timeago
• Owner: wscherphof
• License: other
• Created: 2013-06-20T12:02:33.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2013-06-21T08:53:08.000Z (over 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-09T13:57:43.972Z (about 1 month ago)
• Language: Lua
• Size: 121 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 2
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.md

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# lua-timeago

Turn a timestamp into a friendly string of how long ago it was

## Usage

### 1. Install

Setup [lua-loader](https://github.com/wscherphof/lua-loader) and then just `npm install lua-timeago`

### 2. Require

```lua

local timeago = require("lua-timeago")

```

### 3. Have fun

```lua

assert(timeago.parse() == "just now")

assert(timeago.parse("2011-06-21") == "2 years")

timeago.setlanguage("nederlands")

assert(timeago.parse() == "zojuist")

assert(timeago.parse("2011-06-21") == "2 jaar")

```

You can feed it anything that is swallowed by [lua-date](https://github.com/wscherphof/lua-date): date/time strings in different formats, or a lua-date date object.

The default language is `"english"`, and some other languages are readily available. You can provide a new language by passing a table with all the values (see [english.lua](english.lua)), but if you do that, don't forget to issue a pull request as well.

## License

[GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.txt)