Module:Time ago

local p = {}

function p.timeAgo( frame ) local lang = mw.language.getContentLanguage if ( frame.args.purge ) then purge = '&#32; ([' .. mw.title.getCurrentTitle.fullUrl('action=purge') .. ' purge]) ' end local noError, inputTime = pcall( lang.formatDate, lang, 'U', frame.args[1] ) if not noError then return "Error: first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time." .. purge end local timeDiff = lang:formatDate( 'U' ) - inputTime local magnitude = frame.args.magnitude local min_magnitude = frame.args.min_magnitude local auto_magnitude_num local min_magnitude_num local result if magnitude then auto_magnitude_num = 0 min_magnitude_num = timeText[magnitude] else if ( floor( abs( timeDiff ) / 120 ) > 0 ) then auto_magnitude_num = 1 else auto_magnitude_num = 0 end if ( floor( abs( timeDiff ) / 7200 ) > 0 ) then auto_magnitude_num = 2 end if ( floor( abs( timeDiff ) / 172800 ) > 0 ) then auto_magnitude_num = 3 end if ( floor( abs( timeDiff ) / 5356800 ) > 0 ) then auto_magnitude_num = 5 end if ( floor( abs( timeDiff ) / 63115200 ) > 0 ) then auto_magnitude_num = 6 end min_magnitude_num = timeText[min_magnitude] end local magnitude_num = math.max( min_magnitude_num - 1, auto_magnitude_num ) if ( timeDiff >= 0 ) then if ( magnitude_num == 0 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) ), { 'second', 'seconds' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 1 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 60 ), { 'minute', 'minutes' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 2 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 3600 ), { 'hour', 'hours' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 3 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 86400 ), { 'day', 'days' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 4 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 604800 ), { 'week', 'weeks' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 5 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 2678400 ), { 'month', 'months' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 6 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 31557600 ), { 'year', 'years' } ) end else if ( magnitude_num == 0 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) ), { 'second\'s', 'seconds\'' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 1 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 60 ), { 'minute\'s', 'minutes\'' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 2 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 3600 ), { 'hour\'s', 'hours\'' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 3 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 86400 ), { 'day\'s', 'days\'' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 4 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 604800 ), { 'week\'s', 'weeks\'' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 5 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 2678400 ), { 'month\'s', 'months\'' } ) elseif ( magnitude_num == 6 ) then result = lang:plural( floor ( abs( timeDiff ) / 31557600 ), { 'year\'s', 'years\'' } ) end end return result .. purge end

timeText = { ["seconds"] = 0, ["minutes"] = 1, ["hours"] = 2, ["days"] = 3, ["weeks"] = 4, ["months"] = 5, ["years"] = 6, }