Javascript Date time_since()
// Port of django's timesince var chunks = [/*from w ww. ja va2 s. c om*/ [60 * 60 * 24 * 365, 'year'], [60 * 60 * 24 * 30, 'month'], [60 * 60 * 24 * 7, 'week'], [60 * 60 * 24, 'day'], [60 * 60, 'hour'], [60, 'minute'] ]; Date.prototype.time_since = function() { var delta = Math.floor((Date.now() - this.getTime()) / 1000); if (delta <= 0) { return '0 minutes ago'; } var last, count; chunks.some(function(chunk, i){ count = Math.floor(delta / chunk[0]); last = i; return count != 0; }); var str = count + ' ' + (count == 1 ? chunks[last][1] : chunks[last][1] + 's'); if (last + 1 < chunks.length) { var chunk = chunks[last + 1]; var second = Math.round((delta - (chunks[last][0] * count)) / chunk[0]); if (second != 0) str += ', ' + second + ' ' + (second == 1 ? chunk[1] : chunk[1] + 's'); } return str + ' ago'; };