rendered paste body * Formats date for RSS feeds
*
* @param string $date_string Datetime string or Unix timestamp
* @param boolean $return Whether this method should return a value or output it. This overrides AUTO_OUTPUT.
* @return string Formatted date string
* @access public
*/
function toRSS($date_string, $return = false) {
$date = $this->fromString($date_string);
$ret = date("r", $date);
return $this->output($ret, $return);
}
/**
* Returns either a relative date or a formatted date depending
* on the difference between the current time and given datetime.
* $datetime should be in a <i>strtotime</i>-parsable format, like MySQL's datetime datatype.
*
* Relative dates look something like this:
* 3 weeks, 4 days ago
* 15 seconds ago
* Formatted dates look like this:
* on 02/18/2004
*
* The returned string includes 'ago' or 'on' and assumes you'll properly add a word
* like 'Posted ' before the function output.
*
* @param string $date_string Datetime string or Unix timestamp
* @param string $format Default format if timestamp is used in $date_string
* @param string $backwards False if $date_string is in the past, true if in the future
* @param boolean $return Whether this method should return a value or output it. This overrides AUTO_OUTPUT.
* @return string Relative time string.
* @access public
*/
function timeAgoInWords($datetime_string, $format = 'j/n/y', $backwards = false, $return = false) {
$datetime = $this->fromString($datetime_string);
$in_seconds = $datetime;
if ($backwards) {
$diff = $in_seconds - time();
} else {
$diff = time() - $in_seconds;
}
$months = floor($diff / 2419200);
$diff -= $months * 2419200;
$weeks = floor($diff / 604800);
$diff -= $weeks * 604800;
$days = floor($diff / 86400);
$diff -= $days * 86400;
$hours = floor($diff / 3600);
$diff -= $hours * 3600;
$minutes = floor($diff / 60);
$diff -= $minutes * 60;
$seconds = $diff;
if ($months > 0) {
// over a month old, just show date (mm/dd/yyyy format)
$relative_date = 'on ' . date($format, $in_seconds);
$old = true;
} else {
$relative_date = '';
$old = false;
if ($weeks > 0) {
// weeks and days
$relative_date .= ($relative_date ? ', ' : '') . $weeks . ' week' . ($weeks > 1 ? 's' : '');
$relative_date .= $days > 0 ? ($relative_date ? ', ' : '') . $days . ' day' . ($days > 1 ? 's' : '') : '';
} elseif ($days > 0) {
// days and hours
$relative_date .= ($relative_date ? ', ' : '') . $days . ' day' . ($days > 1 ? 's' : '');
$relative_date .= $hours > 0 ? ($relative_date ? ', ' : '') . $hours . ' hour' . ($hours > 1 ? 's' : '') : '';
} elseif ($hours > 0) {
// hours and minutes
$relative_date .= ($relative_date ? ', ' : '') . $hours . ' hour' . ($hours > 1 ? 's' : '');
$relative_date .= $minutes > 0 ? ($relative_date ? ', ' : '') . $minutes . ' minute' . ($minutes > 1 ? 's' : '') : '';
} elseif ($minutes > 0) {
// minutes only
$relative_date .= ($relative_date ? ', ' : '') . $minutes . ' minute' . ($minutes > 1 ? 's' : '');
} else {
// seconds only
$relative_date .= ($relative_date ? ', ' : '') . $seconds . ' second' . ($seconds != 1 ? 's' : '');
}
}
$ret = $relative_date;
// show relative date and add proper verbiage
if (!$backwards && !$old) {
$ret .= ' ago';
}
return $this->output($ret, $return);
}